Pope Francis

Complaining and blaming others is a waste of time; the way to defeat evil is to conquer it first within our own hearts, Pope Francis said Sunday.

Pope Francis greets a delegation from the International Catholic Legislators Network and urges them to help create a more sustainable future while putting technology at the service of the common good.

Pope Francis on Thursday named Italian economist and Catholic religious sister Alessandra Smerilli as secretary of the Vatican’s social development office on an interim basis.

Pope Francis said on Wednesday that hypocrisy within the Church is “particularly detestable.”

Pope Francis urged Catholics not to seek God in “dreams and in images of grandeur and power,” but in the humanity of Jesus

Pope Francis this week called for responsibility to help each other during the pandemic and even after when everyone would start rebuilding lives.

Pope Francis said Wednesday that Catholics must observe the commandments with the knowledge that justification comes from Jesus Christ.

In a video co-produced with the Ad Council, Pope Francis urges people to get vaccinated against Covid-19, calling it an act of love toward others.

The specific vocation of the Church is evangelization, which isn’t proselytism, no. Its vocation is evangelization; even more, the Church’s identity is evangelization.

Speaking at the general audience in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on August 3, the pope said that there was no room for compromise regarding the Gospel

In a message to the Medjugorje Youth Festival on Monday, Pope Francis told young Catholics that Christ’s loving gaze can free them from attraction to idols.

Pope Francis said on Sunday that God wants us to move “beyond the logic of interest and calculation” and enter into a loving relationship with Him.

Pope Francis described world hunger on Monday as “a crime that violates basic human rights.”

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines has issued on July 22 a statement supporting Pope Francis’ motu proprio “Traditionis custodes (Guardians of the tradition)” that restricts the celebration of Traditional Latin Masses.

Pope Francis issued a motu proprio on Friday restricting Masses celebrated in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite.

Pope Francis on Thursday expressed “spiritual closeness” to those affected by floods that devastated many parts of Europe this week.

Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Wednesday after spending 11 days in a Rome hospital to recover from colon surgery.

Pope Francis said “there cannot and must not be any opposition between faith and science” in a video message sent to a meeting sponsored by the University of Teramo in Italy on July 2.

In his first public appearance since having an intestinal surgery, Pope Francis prayed the Angelus from the balcony of his hospital on Sunday and delivered a message urging access to good healthcare for everyone.

Pope Francis is grateful for prayers as he recovers in hospital from intestinal surgery, the Vatican said Wednesday.