Pope Francis delivered his annual “state of the world” address on Thursday, asking ambassadors to pursue a “diplomacy of hope ...

Warning of “the increasingly concrete threat of a world war,” Pope Francis called for “the diplomacy of hope” in his address ...

Women are still excluded from ordination as priests, and discussions about female ordination continue to create divisions ...

Pope Francis has named the first woman to head a major Vatican office, tapping Sister Simona Brambilla to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the world’s religious orders.

A number of wildfires are spreading across the Los Angeles area, fuelled by strong winds, engulfing homes, forcing tens of ...

Pope Francis on Thursday called for global dialogue with the view to preventing world war. This is as he expressed concern ...

The Sunset Fire was burning in the Hollywood Hills as fire crews battled three other blazes which have killed at least five people.

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Catholics in Asia mourned the loss of a scholar remembered for his contributions to advancing liberation theology in the ...

A number of wildfires are spreading across the Los Angeles area, fuelled by strong winds, engulfing homes, forcing tens of ...

Wildfires in the Los Angeles area that have killed at least five people and forced more than 137,000 to flee their homes ...

He is appointing Sister Simona Brambilla, an Italian nun, to become prefect of the Vatican department responsible for all the ...