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

The Vatican is facing questions over its handling of sexual abuse allegations involving the French priest who founded the ...

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

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

Pope Francis wrapped up his visit to Indonesia on Friday after celebrating Mass before an overflow crowd of 100,000, a final ...

DILI, East Timor (AP) — Tens of thousands of East Timorese streamed Tuesday toward a seaside park for Pope Francis’ big Mass , held on the same field where St. John Paul II celebrated an historic ...

Pope Francis will arrive in one of the world's most remote Catholic communities in Papua New Guinea on Sunday to something ...

Pope Francis visits Singapore from Wednesday ... In 1885, the Catholic Church was incorporated as a legal entity. For hospital staffer Galarrita, 45, who has been in Singapore for 17 years ...

Four women were reported hospitalized with injuries suffered after being crushed in the surging crowd. The pope wasn't harmed. Amnesty International later expressed concern that some 40 people had ...

Pope Francis is visiting Vanimo partly due to ... Vanimo is a simple town, with two supermarkets, two gas stations and a hospital, Prado said. “It is a very poor town, not too much development, ...