Pope Francis has gathered the Israeli and Palestinian ambassadors to the Vatican Gardens to pray for an end to the war in ...

Pope Francis in his message decried the loss of life in World War II, especially the death of the many young men who were ...

As part of the “School of Prayer” initiative, the Holy Father met Thursday with about 30 families from the parish of St.

Pope Francis apologized for using harsh language about homosexuality during a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops, The Vatican said in a statement Tuesday. Italian news outlet Dagospia broke ...

Pope Francis apologized Tuesday after he was quoted using a vulgar term about gays to reaffirm the Catholic Church's ban on gay priests. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni issued a statement ...

Issues related to interfaith harmony, interfaith dialogue and promotion of peace and brotherhood came under discussion. Pope Francis said his message for the people of Pakistan is peace and we should ...

Vatican City • During a closed-door meeting with 200 Italian bishops last week, Pope Francis allegedly used derogatory terms to describe gay people during debates about whether the Italian ...

VATICAN CITY − Pope Francis used a highly derogatory term towards the LGBT community as he reiterated in a closed-door meeting with Italian bishops that gay people should not be allowed to ...

Pope Francis allegedly told Italian bishops to not permit gay men to train for the priesthood, with two Italian newspapers claiming that the 87-year-old pontiff made a homophobic slur in a closed ...