Pope Francis expressed hope that both the incoming and outgoing U.S. administrations will collaborate to secure the return of ...

ROME -- A delegation of former hostages held by Hamas in Gaza and their relatives met Thursday with Pope Francis and ...

Pope Francis has always shown deep sensitivity to the plight of ... highlighting the injustices and suffering they endure.

Pope Francis gestures as he shakes hands with Yelena Troufanov, who was part of a delegation of Israelis who were freed after ...

Pope Francis meets Mar Awa III, Catholicos-Patriarch of the Assyrian ... Assyrians, members of an ethnic group traditionally ...

Pope Francis has added Saint Isaac the Syrian (640-700) to the list of saints celebrated by the Roman Catholic Church. Born ...

In Rome, the pope and the catholicos of the Assyrian Church of the East hold an historic meeting, following in the footsteps ...

Through three election cycles in Catholicism – conclaves that brought John Paul II, Benedict XVI and Francis to the papacy – ...