Efforts to combat global poverty remain unchanged in part because of severe cutbacks in American international aid, ...

Pope Francis arrives in the churchyard to greet the faithful at the end of the Holy Mass on Palm Sunday for the beginning of the Holy Week of Easter in St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City. Pope Francis ...

ROME (AP) — At Masses in Rome’s housing projects and in the heart of its tourist district, the faithful prayed Sunday for the upcoming conclave that will elect Pope Francis ’ successor. Whether in the ...

"As a religious sister living the vow of poverty, I am deeply moved by the quiet example of Pope Francis—especially when he left only around 100 dollars in his bank account. This small but powerful ...

The first papal document signed by Leo XIV will be an apostolic exhortation, will have poverty as its theme, and is expected to be published on Oct. 9, the feast day of St. John Henry Newman. Despite ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

Pope Francis was known for his humble ways, which began when he joined the Jesuits in the 1950s. He signed away his possessions to the religious order and took a vow of poverty, which he tried hard to ...