Pope Francis also urges forgiving debts of poor nations and using arms funds to fight hunger and climate change for global ...

The Vatican press office said the two spoke privately for 30 minutes ... "Finally," the statement said, "the hope was ...

Our first Jubilee advocacy action has already begun. We considered it a fitting measure to kick off the Jubilee Year by ...

Pope Francis has called on all nations to eliminate the death penalty, to divert a fixed percentage of arms spending to a ...

Pope Francis will open five Holy Doors in a long-standing catholic tradition and will introduce a never-before-seen ritual.

Coinciding with the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, the World Day of Peace was instituted by Pope Paul VI in 1968.

Anticipating the World Day of Peace on Jan. 1, Pope Francis renewed John Paul’s appeals earlier this month, asking for the ...

Pope Francis has issued an urgent appeal to wealthier nations to drastically reduce or eliminate poorer countries' debts, ...

An Italian association of LGBT Christians has said it has received official Vatican approval to make a pilgrimage to next ...

Pope Francis is calling on wealthy countries and institutions to substantially reduce if not outright cancel debt as a matter ...