The Vatican says some 600,000 people have attended Pope Francis’ Mass in East Timor, or nearly half the country’s population.

Pope Francis on Monday began a 12-day, four-country, two-continent odyssey; with stops in Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, ...

Pope Francis has sparked new fears for his health after being taken to Rome for a CT scan. The pope, 87, has been suffering ...

When Pope Francis touches down in the East Timorese capital of Dili this week he will be landing in a totally different ...

The 11-day trip, a signal that Francis does not intend to slow down, requires nearly 45 hours of air travel and meetings in ...

DILI, East Timor (AP) — Tens of thousands of East Timorese streamed Tuesday toward a seaside park for Pope Francis’ big Mass, ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Pope Francis honored the Catholic Church of the peripheries on Sunday as he celebrated Mass ...

Filipino hospital administrator Anna Galarrita and Filipino domestic helper Olga Reyes have been practising for months to be ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — At the age of 87, Pope Francis will embark on an 11-day trip to Southeast Asia that will test both his ...

PORT MORESBY – Pope Francis honored the Catholic Church of the peripheries on Sunday as he celebrated Mass in Papua New ...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea — Pope Francis called Saturday for an end to tribal violence that has wracked Papua New Guinea ...

The Pope suffers from mobility issues and has been repeatedly hospitalized with respiratory illnesses. As he often does, on Monday he boarded the Papal plane in a wheelchair, using a lift.