The written remarks also warned against what the pope termed “brain rot” caused by constant social media scrolling, calling ...

One of Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility. In his new ...

Pope Francis sent “cordial greetings” and “assurance of my prayers” to Donald J. Trump on Jan. 20, the day of his ...

The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights ...

and the publication of new documents on topics affecting the Church and the faithful, the Register offers news and analysis on all aspects of the papacy. Pope Francis expressed his hope that all ...

Pope Francis on Saturday approved the final document of his yearslong global ... but only priests can celebrate mass. Ordaining women deacons was a "fringe proposal pushed by Western progressives ...

Pope Francis is flanked by Vatican Head Master of Ceremonies, Bishop Diego Giovanni Ravelli, right, and Master of Ceremonies, Bishop Krysztof Marcjanowicz as he presides over a mass in St. Peter's ...

In his homily at the synod's opening Mass, Pope Francis said it was not a "parliamentary ... recognize that they are loved by God and called to love others. Pope Francis said the document should be ...

For fans of Conclave, there’s quite the inside story of the real thing in 2013 in the Pope ... after Francis’s election when Benedict hands him over a big box, full of all the documents ...

When he became pope, Francis kept his relationships with rabbis and made his 2014 visit to the Holy Land a priority. Many welcomed his opening of the documents concerning Pope Pius XII’s ...

"The Vatican is the home of my last service, not my eternal home," Francis writes. The pope doesn't want a fancy funeral, either. In fact, he's asked the master of ceremonies to radically simplify the ...