VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis has added the feast day of St. Teresa of Kolkata, a “beacon of hope” and an example of ...

Pope Francis is taking the highly unusual decision ... Life of Pontifical Right”), the Sodalitium exercised huge influence as it sought to recruit mostly young white boys from elite Catholic ...

Pope Francis’ new memoir ... Persistent themes emerge and reemerge throughout the text. One is the powerful influence of popular culture, religion and spirituality on his worldview ...

Pope Francis, the Argentine-born leader of the ... of the Catholic church online led to him being called “God's influencer” - is set to become a saint. Carlo Acutis died in 2006, at the ...