Francis referred to the disaster during his weekly general audience Wednesday, invoking Our Lady of Guadalupe.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Global bodies should stop excluding Taiwan for political reasons, President Lai Ching-te told Pope Francis in a letter, adding that he agrees war has no winners.

Reflecting on the Gospel of St. Matthew, the Holy Father said people can learn from the righteous St. Joseph, who was always attentive to the will of God.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is not expected to veto President Donald Trump's choice of a high-profile critic of his papacy as the next U.S. ambassador to the Holy See, according to two senior Vatican officials, despite misgivings about his stance on many issues.

Pope Francis has warned of the “scourge of anti-semitism” in his prayer on the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, noting it marks 80 years since the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp.

Pope Francis referred to the disaster during his weekly general audience Wednesday and invoked Our Lady of Guadalupe, who is revered by many Latino Catholics.

An Italian priest has been excommunicated from the Catholic Church for saying Pope Francis is not the real pope.

A young Italian couple has gone to court in the Vatican tribunal to challenge a new ban on workplace marriages imposed by the Vatican bank.

St. Joseph is the perfect model of listening to the Lord and quietly putting his word and plan into action, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis will visit Rome's iconic Cinecittà film studios for the first time as part of the Roman Catholic Holy Year Jubilee events on February 17, the Vatican announced on the Jubilee 2025 website Tuesday.

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - The Vatican on Tuesday called for governments to keep a close eye on the development of artificial intelligence, warning the technology contained "the shadow of evil" in its ability to spread misinformation.

Deadly wildfires in Los Angeles forced tens of thousands to evacuate their homes but a widely shared video of a mass of people sleeping in an outdoor field was not filmed in the United States' second largest city.