In Pope Francis' autobiography Hope he reiterates themes of his papacy like hatred of war and unchecked capitalism, and a desire for the Catholic Church to be seen as a field hospital, not a fortress.

"Each time a pope takes ill, the winds of a conclave always feel as if they are blowing," Francis writes in his new memoir, referring to centuries-old tradition of cardinals gathering in the pope's official residence, the Sistine Chapel, after a pontiff's death to elect the next.

According to his research, the Catholic Church under Pius XII was instrumental ... The charity and work of Pope Pius XII during World War II so impressed the Chief Rabbi of Rome, Israel Zolli ...

Pope Francis has dissolved a Catholic religious community with members across South America and the United States, following years of investigations into alleged sexual and psychological abuse by the group's founder and others.

The year 2025 is a Year of Jubilee: an event held every quarter-century that calls Catholics around the world to embark on a holy journey of faith and repentance. For some, that journey is a literal pilgrimage;

The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights into his papacy.

Vatican Diary. The health chronicles of popes are an old practice, revealing—at least in certain eras—the frail constitution of the high Roman clergy. Every week, La Croix’s permanent special correspondent at the Vatican unveils the behind-the-scenes of the world’s smallest state.

Alan M. Dershowitz is the Felix Frankfurter Professor of Law, Emeritus at Harvard Law School, and the author most recently of War Against the Jews: How to End Hamas Barbarism. He is the Jack Roth Charitable Foundation Fellow at Gatestone Institute, and is also the host of “The Dershow” podcast.

The conclave, shrouded in centuries-old tradition and secrecy, stands as one of the most captivating rituals in the Catholic Church.

Not even the Pope can resist the temptation. So this month Pope Francis, the first Latin American and the first Jesuit to head the Catholic Church ... the Commentaries of Pius II, pope from 1458 to 1464. Published posthumously under another author ...

a desire for the Catholic Church to be seen as a field hospital, not a fortress. Though billed by the publisher as the first memoir by a sitting pope, it trails Pope Pius II's reflections on the ...

Afterwards, he says: "And we will conquer Rome, by the will of Allah." The head of the Roman Catholic Church, Pope Francis, condemned the beheadings. "They were killed simply for the fact that they were Christians," he said at the Vatican. Egypt's Coptic ...