Vásquez was most recently selected by Francis to oversee the Diocese of Tyler, also in Texas, after he dismissed its former ...

A young Italian couple has gone to court in the Vatican tribunal to challenge a new ban on workplace marriages imposed by the ...

The centuries-old St. Gregory the Great Parish Church in Majayjay, Laguna has been designated by Pope Francis as a minor basilica, according to Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) ...

Pope Francis referred to the disaster during his weekly general audience Wednesday and invoked Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is ...

The pope’s comments provided the latest indication of a potential rekindling of frictions between the Vatican and the next ...

Francis' prayer for the 47th president followed a Sunday interview with Italian media in which he called Trump's proposed ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a dec ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he ...

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