Pope Francis

Pope Francis says he has no plans to resign and isn’t suffering from any health problems that would require doing so, saying in a new memoir he still has “many projects to bring to fruition.”

Pope Francis revealed that he has no intention of resigning in a new book whose excerpts were published by Italy’s Corriere della Sera newspaper on Thursday.

Pope Francis recalled the extermination of millions of Jews in calling Wednesday for the upcoming Holocaust Day of Remembrance to reaffirm that war can never be justified.

In his New Year’s Day message, Pope Francis offered prayers for victims of conflicts around the world.

A small group of people stood outside Saint Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco Monday to thank Pope Francis for his recent declaration, allowing priests to bless same-sex marriages.

A small group of people stood outside Saint Mary’s Cathedral in San Francisco Monday to thank Pope Francis for his recent declaration, allowing priests to bless same-sex marriages. Sergio Quintana reports.

Pope Francis has urged Vatican bureaucrats to avoid “rigid ideological positions” that prevent them from understanding today’s reality.

Pope Francis is now formally allowing Roman Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples — something described as a major shift in the church’s approach to the LGBTQ community. Marianne Favro reports.

The Vatican issued a new document explaining a radical change in Vatican policy by insisting that people seeking God’s love and mercy shouldn’t be subject to “an exhaustive moral analysis” to receive it

Pope Francis says he wants to be buried in the Rome basilica of St. Mary Major, not in the grottoes of the Vatican like other popes.

Pope Francis has presided at his weekly audience with the public at the Vatican. But the pontiff said that he’s still unwell and he asked an aide to read his remarks for him on Wednesday, a day after canceling an overseas trip.

Pope Francis has canceled his trip to Dubai for the U.N. climate conference on doctors’ orders. The announcement marked the second time the pope’s frail health had forced the cancellation of a foreign trip.

Pope Francis hosted a special lunch for more than 1,000 poor people to mark the Catholic Church’s World Day of the Poor. Among his guests Sunday were a community of trans women.

Pope Francis met with European rabbis on Monday and decried antisemitism, war and terrorism in a written speech he declined to read, saying he wasn’t feeling well.

Pope Francis is opening a big meeting on the future of the Catholic Church. Progressives are hoping it will lead to more women in leadership roles.

The ceremony took place days before Francis opens a big meeting of bishops and lay Catholics on charting the church’s future, where issues such as women’s roles in the church, LGBTQ+ Catholics and priestly celibacy are up for discussion.

Pope Francis is challenging French President Emmanuel Macron and other European leaders to open their ports to people fleeing hardship and poverty.

Pope Francis has arrived in Mongolia to encourage one of the world’s smallest and newest Catholic communities.

Pope Francis has blasted the “backwardness” of some conservatives in the U.S. Catholic Church. He says they have replaced faith with ideology.

Pope Francis has announced World Youth Day is returning to Asia for the first time in three decades. He made the announcement Sunday at the end of his five-day trip to Portugal.