Pope Francis discussed in a Jan. 30 audience with ... While vocations to the priesthood and religious life have decreased overall, the Church shows signs of growth in some parts of the world ...

With only one lung, the fragile 88-year-old Pope Francis sparks ... The ultimate aim, Francis says, is to incorporate women into every part of ecclesiastical life. From our morning news briefing ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis tripped while entering the Vatican ... which makes our coverage of religion possible.

Francis has also endorsed secularism as the proper modern context for religious faith. [The Dish] Conservative Catholics argue that the media is blowing the new pope's liberal-ish statements out ...

Pope Francis releases his prayer intention for the month of February, and urges Catholics to pray for young men and women to ...

RL: During his first year as pope, Francis said in an interview that Pedro Arrupe [the late Spanish Basque Jesuit and former superior general of the Society of Jesus] influenced him and his life. In ...

Catholics across the globe are invited to pray on Sunday for religious women and men, asking the Lord for the gift of vocations to consecrated life. Pope Francis focused his reflections on the three ...

Pope Francis was joined by hundreds of sisters, brothers, consecrated virgins and religious-order priests, including the new leadership of Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of ...

an Italian women’s religious congregation, was appointed by Pope Francis as prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life. The Vatican announced ...

the Lord’s will for his life, and to respond freely,” Pope Francis emphasized. 'Do not be afraid of diversity' The pope acknowledged that the candidates entering seminaries “are, today more ...

The Pope urged young Catholics to embrace their role in the Church. Pope Francis said Monday that Blessed Carlo Acutis shows ...