Increasingly, the Vatican is a “Western” institution only in the limited sense that it’s physically located in western Europe ...

ROME — Pope Francis said that NATO “barking” at Russia’s door may have led to Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine — and said he has offered to meet the Russian president in Moscow. In an interview ...

“We exchanged messages about this because I thought that if the Russian president gave me a small window to serve the cause of peace” then he would go to Moscow to talk to Putin, the pope said. “It is ...

Pope Francis was asked in an interview whether what Vladimir Putin is doing in Ukraine could be considered genocide. While the pope responded that genocide is a technical term that requires study ...

Russian president Vladimir Putin welcomed China’s “willingness to play a constructive role” in Ukraine, as his “good old ...

Pope Francis criticized the size of the arms industry and told Swiss TV interview that the Ukraine war was propelled by ...

Pope Francis celebrated the 10th anniversary of his election as pope Monday, marking a decade of controversial statements, ...

He expressed a readiness to talk to Russian President Vladimir Putin to call for peace. While the Pope has repeatedly called for an end to the war and denied being pro-Putin he has previously ...

Pope Francis and Pte. Putin met nearly an hour of closed-door talks. Russian President Vladimir Putin paid a lightning visit to Rome on Thursday, including talks with the pope, hailing efforts by ...

The Pope spoke out strongly against nuclear weapons during a visit to Hiroshima, in 2019, but he initially refused to ...

Pope Francis offered prayers Sunday for the victims of an earthquake that shook vast swaths of territory in Ecuador and parts ...