Pope Francis has a point about the sanctity of life that Republicans and Democrats might hate. They should ponder it, anyway.

Making the effort to use his own voice at the end of the audience, the pope earnestly pleaded with Catholics to “do our best” ...

Pope Francis on Monday decried the deaths of children in global conflicts, telling a Vatican summit that "nothing is worth ...

At the conclusion of the first global summit on children's rights held at the Vatican, Pope Francis announced the upcoming ...

Pope Francis has convened a high-level summit to demand that children be protected from war, forced labor, trafficking and ...

Fresh off her trip to the Vatican, Sister Norma Pimentel says she is heartened by a recent letter from Pope Francis condemning the deportation of ...

In a letter to American bishops, Francis leveled unusually direct criticism at the administration on an issue he has made ...

The summit includes panels on the child’s right to resources, to education, to food and health care, to family, to free time, ...

Speaking in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, Pope Francis also drew attention Monday to his concern that young people, ...

Pope Francis on Monday decried the deaths of children in global conflicts, telling a Vatican summit that "nothing is worth the life of a child." Francis, who has been critical of both Israel's ...

Pope Francis Monday hosted an international summit on the rights of the child, lamenting the millions who daily endure war, ...

"Please let's pray for peace, let's do penance for peace," he said during his general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall Feb. 12, launching an appeal for Catholics to ask for a peaceful resolution ...