Josephine McKenna

Hours before Bill O’Reilly’s ouster at Fox News was announced, the cable TV personality was greeted by Pope Francis on Wednesday (April 19) during...

Pope Francis condemned the suspected chemical weapons attack that killed over 100 people in Syria and renewed his call for an urgent political...

Pope Francis called for greater compassion for refugees and marginalized people less than a week after President Trump ordered a temporary...

As confusion continued over President Donald Trump’s ban on refugees and travelers from seven Muslim countries, Catholic leaders from Iraq are...

It is revered by different Christian sects and draws more than a million visitors to the Holy Land every year, making it the biggest tourist...

Pope Francis made a surprise trip on Tuesday (Oct. 4) to survivors in cities devastated by a powerful earthquake that killed nearly 300 people in...

Pope Francis said those bombing civilians in the besieged Syrian city of Aleppo will be “accountable to God” for their actions as he renewed his...

Pope Francis met with refugees and leaders of religious faiths including Christians, Jews, Muslims and Hindus who joined him for a day of prayer...

Mother Teresa, the tiny nun who devoted her life to the poor, was declared a saint by Pope Francis at the Vatican as he celebrated her “daring and...

Faith-based volunteers are joining civil protection teams sifting through the collapsed buildings and debris of a 6.2-magnitude earthquake that hit...

In yet another sign of his strong stance against human trafficking, Pope Francis made a surprise visit to 20 women who have been rescued from...

Pope Francis had lunch with 21 Syrian refugees at his private residence at the Vatican on Thursday (Aug. 11), sending a powerful message to those...

Despite intense bombing and severe food shortages, several Carmelite nuns are refusing to abandon the embattled Syrian city of Aleppo and have...

Following through on a pledge he made to a group of nuns last May, Pope Francis has established a special commission to study whether the Catholic...

Pope Francis condemned the murder of an elderly French priest, calling it a “barbarous killing” as the Islamic State claimed responsibility for the...

Pope Francis welcomed the renewal of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba on Thursday, saying he was happy to see an end to a...

Pope Francis and religious leaders from Jewish, Muslim, Hindu and other faiths came together at the Vatican on Tuesday (Dec. 2) to call for an end...

Prominent U.S. evangelicals Russell Moore and Rick Warren blasted the sexual revolution at a Vatican conference Tuesday (Nov. 18) and said it is...