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A woman is more important than a man, but it is terrible when a woman wants to be a man: No, she is a woman,” the pope had ...

"Today, words alone do not suffice. We also need concrete steps," De Croo told Francis and an audience of royals, church ...

On Sept. 30, Pope Francis met with a delegation of women at the Vatican who presented voices from the Amazon region and ...

Pope Francis has strongly criticized both U.S. presidential candidates over what he calls anti-life policies on abortion and ...

Of the 368 participants this time around, 272 are bishops and the rest are a mix of priests, deacons, male and female ...

Pope Francis has taken the unusual decision to expel 10 people from a troubled Catholic movement in Peru after a Vatican ...

In a brief press conference on the plane returning from Belgium, Pope Francis answered questions including one on Israel’s ...

Pope Francis ended a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday with a Mass to beatify a 17th-century mystic after dashing the hopes ...

Pope Francis demanded Sunday that sexually abusive clergy be judged and their bishops stop covering up their crimes as he ...

Pope Francis on Sept. 29 strongly condemned the disproportionate use of military force for the purposes of retaliation and ...

Pope Francis said on Sunday victims of Catholic clergy sexual abuse in Belgium deserved more financial compensation, calling ...