Roman Catholics hoping to get their marriages annulled will be subject to a simplified process as Pope Francis is set to announce streamlined procedures for such judgments on Tuesday.
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro on Sunday called on his Colombian counterpart, Juan Manuel Santos, to enter into discussions about how the nations can resolve their ongoing border dispute.
Addressing the current migrant crisis that is facing Europe, Pope Francis has called upon every European religious center to take in one refugee family in a gesture of solidarity.
Pope Francis is arguably one of the most progressive pontiffs to ever lead the Catholic Church. He has taken controversial stances on many different issues, including abortion, climate change and same-sex marriage.
Pope Francis is allowing priests to absolve the sin of women who have had an abortion. Pope Francis, who has been making waves by reaching out to atheist communities and being vocal about environmental issues, is allowing priests to absolve the "sin" of abortion.
The immigration debate - dominated this summer by White House hopeful Donald Trump's controversial comments - could take on a more serious tone if Pope Francis decides to tackle the issue during his September visit to the United States.
FARC, the Colombian Marxist guerrilla organization which has been at odds with the state since 1964, has announced that it will extend its unilateral ceasefire.
Pope Francis next month will celebrate a Mass next to the iconic Che Guevara portrait in Havana's Plaza de la Revolución, a setting previously chosen for similar visits by his predecessors John Paul II and Benedict XVI.
More than half of young Catholic families (53 percent) identify themselves as Latino or Hispanic compared with 32 percent of all Catholics, according to a recent survey. Could the presence of Hispanic families in the Catholic Church indicate Latino congregational growth, or at least the slowing of a once-persistent decline?
The accusations of the pope’s alleged Marxist ties will not be dying down anytime soon, as he was just given a crucifix sculpted in the shape of a the well known communist revolutionary symbol of the hammer and sickle by leftist Bolivian President Evo Morales.
During his visit to Bolivia, Pope Francis on Thursday apologized for the "many grave sins" committed against native peoples of Latin America during colonial times.
Having ended the first part of his three-nation tour, Pope Francis arrived in Bolivia on Wednesday. During his flight, the Pope drank coca tea, a local remedy that helps alleviate altitude sickness.
Today, Pope Francis leads the world's estimated 1.2 billion Roman Catholics and serves as absolute monarch of the Vatican City State. But when the pontiff was still known as Jorge Bergoglio, his fame was largely due to the tasty barbecue he prepared for his fellow seminarians.
More than a million faithful are expected to attend the Mass Pope Francis is set to celebrate in the Ecuadorean port city of Guayaquil on Monday. The service will mark the key event of the pontiff's "relatively easy" first full day in the South American country.
While making his first visit as Pontiff to Latin America, Pope Francis will stop in the small, poverty stricken counties of Ecuador, Bolivia and Paraguay.
Pope Francis will pay a visit to an East Harlem Catholic school and celebrate Mass at Madison Square Garden during his upcoming two-day trip to New York City.
Pope Francis has allegedly asked to participate in the traditional chewing of coca leaves, which have been for thousands of years been used in the Andes as a mild, medicinal stimulant, and since the late Victorian era as the raw source for cocaine.
