Pope Francis said that for his spiritual message to be credible, the Vatican’s finances had to be credible as well.

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff in the history of the Roman Catholic Church who was known for giving a renewed ...

To stay ahead of Singapore and the region ... His was a nod to St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th century friar who abandoned ...

St. Francis was accepted into the church by the bishop as an advocate of the poor and went on to found a religious order that’s still active globally today, the Franciscans. For Assisi’s ...

From the clerical sexual abuse crisis to financial scandals in the Vatican, Pope Francis oversaw one of the most tumultuous ...

Pope Francis, who died on Monday, called for " a church for the poor ," a church that would reach out to what he called the ...

“How I would like a Church that is poor and for the poor,” according to the Catholic Telegraph. St. Francis of Assisi, born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone around 1181 or 1182 in ...

On 13 March 2013, Pope Francis emerged on the balcony overlooking St Peter's Square. Clad simply in white, he bore a new name ...

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Singapore mourned the passing of Pope Francis on Monday (April 21). "We are deeply saddened ...

in a hut near the church of the Portiuncula in Assisi. In 1228, just two years after his death, Pope Gregory IX officially canonised St Francis of Assisi as a saint. Francis was declared the ...

Easter Monday and public holiday in many countries, including Nigeria, witnessed the passing of the Supreme Pontiff of the ...

These reflected his vision of a more compassionate, inclusive and ecologically responsible Church. These four ... is taken from a canticle by St. Francis of Assisi. In it, Pope Francis criticizes ...