In an eventful year for life issues -- including abortion, euthanasia and immigration -- advocates and opponents alike ...

Pope Francis may praise Biden for his commutations, but will he issue anything approaching condemnation for the president’s ...

Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message urges everyone to find courage 'to silence the sounds of arms and overcome ...

The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified.

ROME — The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified for ...

The Vatican has taken the first main step to implement Pope Francis’ wish that Belgium’s late king be beatified ...

AJACCIO, Corsica (AP) — Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of popular piety that ...

Pope Francis has arrived on the French island of Corsica, where he will give two speeches in the capital Ajaccio and preside over a mass at the Casone open-air theatre, before meeting with President ...

Bishops must guide their faithful to use their vote to oppose efforts to legalize abortion and euthanasia, Pope Benedict XVI told bishops from Brazil. “Dear brother bishops, to defend life we ...

None of the three candidates informally proposed by the Obama administration so far is acceptable to the Pope because of their support for abortion rights. One of the potential nominees vetoed by ...

South Carolina GOP lawmakers are once again attempting to classify abortion as homicide in the state, opening up abortion recipients to the death penalty. The state already boasts one of the ...

Pope Francis told thousands of pilgrims attending his general audience on Wednesday that “the strength of arguments” is not enough to convince people about Jesus Christ and his Church.