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Pope Francis on Tuesday led a prayer service asking forgiveness for the failings of the Catholic Church, including treatment ...

Pope Francis launched the second phase of his big Catholic reform project Tuesday by asking forgiveness for a host of sins, ...

Pope Francis has called for higher taxes for billionaires, saying it is often the wealthiest members of society who oppose ...

Pope Francis has pledged to root ... unusually frank terms to take concrete action. Francis was addressing political leaders on Friday at the official residence of the King of Belgium, a country ...

Pope Francis is still widely popular in several Latin American countries. But the portion of people who still see him favorably in his native Argentina has plunged by almost 30 percentage points ...

After flying in from Dili, East Timor, on Wednesday, Pope Francis will hold a private meeting with members of the Society of ...

At the invitation of His Royal Highness the Grand Duke, His Holiness Pope Francis will pay an official visit to Luxembourg on 26 September 2024. This will be the first papal visit since 1985, when His ...

Sept. 27 (UPI) --Pope Francis asked for forgiveness in Belgium for the Catholic church's clergy abuse scandal and its poor response to it on Friday, but the country's prime minister called for ...

Following the farewell ceremony on Friday, the pope took a six-hour flight to Port Moresby in Papua New Guinea, but otherwise had no official engagements ... Pope Francis waves to worshippers ...

After flying in from Dili, East Timor, on Wednesday, Pope Francis will hold a private meeting with members of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). On Thursday, he will receive an official welcome at ...