“It is right to ask for forgiveness,” the pope said, “and make every effort to support the victims.”

Few Catholic women say they look to the church for help in deciding how to vote, even while about half say Catholic teaching on key political issues is important to them.

Pope Francis will set out on his 22nd foreign trip on Jan. 15.

Three books published in 2017 chart some of the contours of science-religion dynamics.

Hopelessness is one option. But it is not the Christian one.

As Pope Francis writes in “Laudato Si’,” we face “one complex crisis which is both social and environmental.”

The church was once the world's greatest engine of innovation...and should be again.

The pope was lauded at the presentation of the Nobel Peace Prize for condemning the “false sense of security” of nuclear weapons.

The pope’s comments on nuclear weapons are seen as a significant change from John Paul II’s reluctant acceptance of them for their deterrent value.

The Ktunaxa First Nation says their way of life is threatened by commercial development in Qat’muk, a mountain region in British Columbia inhabited by the Grizzly Bear Spirit.