Pope Francis authorized spending up to 1 million euros to free a Colombian nun kidnapped by Al Qaeda-linked militants in Mali, a cardinal testified Thursday.

This week on “Inside the Vatican,” veteran Vatican correspondent Gerard O’Connell and host Colleen Dulle discuss why Pope Francis is pessimistic about peace talks with Russia.

The story of Eleazar refusing to back down from his faith even in his old age reminds us that faith without action is just hypocrisy.

Pope Francis is willing to help negotiate an end to the Russian war against Ukraine, but warned that religious leaders “are not clerics of the state.”

As the Russian attack on Ukraine entered its 67th day, Pope Francis called on Catholics worldwide to pray the rosary every day during the month of May for peace.

Pope Francis asked his safeguarding commission to provide an annual audit of what the church is doing to protect minors and what needs to change.