Pope Francis has denounced the "scourge" of child labor and other abuses suffered by children, saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God.

The appointment of both a nun as prefect and a cardinal as pro-prefect of a Vatican dicastery marks an unprecedented ...

VATICAN CITY -- VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis warned that bullying in schools prepares students for war rather than peace, ...

In a rare interview, Pope Francis answers questions on global conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza, migrants in the U.S., sexual abuse in the church, and more during a conversation with.

Pope Francis encouraged those present to be “people on the journey” who always have the desire to continue, “always with the ...

When Catholics come to Rome for the Holy Year, their journey should have the specific goal of encountering and listening to ...

Estonia is hosting the Taizé European Meeting until January 1 for the first time. In this divided country, the small Catholic ...

"But if at school you wage war among yourselves, if at school you bully girls and boys who have problems, that is preparing ...

He made the remarks a day after the start of the Roman Catholic Church’s Holy Year, known as a Jubilee, which takes place ...

Pope Francis on Friday welcomed a group of children and young people from the Italian Union of Blind and Partially Sighted People in the Vatican’s Clementine Hall, encouraging them to be ...