In his newly released memoir, Hope, the story of the world that made Jorge Mario Bergoglio — and, by extension, the world leader we know as Pope Francis — is a story finally told in his own words. But ...

An Obadiah Slope column Massively under-reported in the great south land: PresidentTrump signed an executive order on the ...

President Donald Trump has received criticism from Pope Francis as the 47th U.S. president is set to unleash his mass deportation plan. The Holy Father weighed in on the anticipated operation ...

When a pope dies, or more rarely resigns (Francis's direct predecessor, Benedict XVI, was the first to step down since Gregory XII in 1415), the college of cardinals gathers in the Vatican to ...

Pope Francis delivers his blessing during the traditional Wednesday General Audience at Paul VI Audience Hall. Photo: Stefano Costantino/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a dec ...

Eugenio Pacelli joined the Secretariat of State in February 1901. In 1911 he was appointed undersecretary of the First Section, Congregation of Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs, and on February 1, ...

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Trump took a similar hard line on immigration during his previous term in office ― and the pope was critical then as well. When asked about Trump’s promise to build a border wall in 2016, the pope ...

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