Last month, Pope Francis made a pilgrimage visit to the Holy Land and was inspired to encourage talks between Israel and Palestine by hosting a peace summit at the Vatican and extending the invitation to political leaders of the two opposing nations....

In what is largely seen as a gesture of goodwill that echoes the globetrotting adventures of John Paul II, Pope Francis visited Israel for the first time and was warmly welcomed by the Israeli government and populace. The pontiff’s pilgrimage...

You know you’re dealing with a curiously unorthodox pope when you start finding His Holiness a source of some unexpectedly awesome soundbites. Since his induction as the Vatican’s supreme leader and beacon to millions of faithful Catholics around the world,...

History was officially made in the Catholic Church recently as Pope Francis formally canonized two of his esteemed papal predecessors: John XXIII and John Paul II. As two of the more prominent leaders of the Vatican who wielded great influence within the global Christian populace,...

There are many labels that one could possibly affix to the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, but there is one designation that might seem a bit peculiar to most people: fashion icon. Since his appointment as the head of...