The 87-year-old Pope Francis publicly thanked God for allowing him "to do as an old pope what I would have liked to do as a ...

The Pope invoked Blessed John Mazzucconi, a 19th-century Italian missionary to Papua New Guinea, praying that “no one of us remain deaf and mute before this invitation.” ‘Bringing Blessings ...

Pope Francis made two comments last week that ... “Christians in his life should consider him an unbeliever and share the gospel with him.” That kind of language is deeply dispiriting, and ...

Pope Francis weighed in on Americans’ upcoming ... is not Christian. This is not the gospel.” At the time, Trump immediately bit back, saying, “If and when the Vatican is attacked by ISIS ...

With nearly 98% of the country identifying as Catholic, Francis presided over the largest gathering of people in East Timor's ...

Pope Francis called on Catholics in Papua New Guinea on Saturday to continue in their efforts of bringing the Gospel to the most marginalized and remote communities within the country. During a ...

Pope Francis, while on a plane from Asia to Rome last week, told reporters that he has problems with both candidates for U.S. president — he said they’re “both against life” and that ...

Even members of the most remote, smallest and poorest Christian communities are called to share the Gospel and to do so, first, by the way they live, Pope Francis told the Catholics of Indonesia. With ...

Pope Francis celebrated a papal mass in Dili, East Timor on Monday, where almost half the population of the country gathered ...

Pope Francis on Monday embarked on his 45th and most ambitious trip of his papacy, both in terms of distance and duration. It’s a 12-day, four-country, two-continent odyssey; with stops in ...

Pope Francis thanked Catholics in Papua New Guinea’s northwestern city of Vanimo for their warm welcome and urged them to spread “the beauty of Christ’s Gospel” and support missionary activities in ...

When Pope Francis begins his Asia tour next week, one of his early stops will be at Indonesia's iconic Istiqlal mosque. The 87-year-old head of the Catholic Church will hold an interfaith meeting ...