Hundreds of thousands of people gathered Sunday for the biggest event of Pope Francis’ five-day trip to Mexico, a Mass in the capital’s crime-ridden suburb of Ecatepec, where drug violence,…
By FRANCES D’EMILIO Pope Francis met with the Iranian president Tuesday, joining in a cordial discussion which touched on the recent nuclear accord and Iran’s role in the region. President…
Visiting one of Nairobi’s many shantytowns on Friday, Pope Francis denounced conditions slum-dwellers are forced to live in, saying access to safe water is a basic human right and that…
Pope Francis has directed the attention of the world’s bishops debating family life to crises facing families today: He denounced the escalation of conflicts in Syria, Iraq and elsewhere in…
By NICOLE WINFIELD and RACHEL ZOLL Pope Francis met with victims of child sexual abuse Sunday on the final day of his U.S. visit and promised to hold accountable those…
By ALAN FRAM Senate Democrats blocked Republican legislation Tuesday that would prohibit most late-term abortions, the second time since this summer’s release of videos involving Planned Parenthood that they’ve derailed…
By VICTOR L. SIMPSON On Jan. 21, 1998, Pope John Paul II became the first Catholic pontiff to visit Cuba, and more than 20 AP writers, editors, photographers and TV…
By NICOLE WINFIELD Pope Francis radically reformed the Catholic Church’s process for annulling marriages Tuesday, allowing for fast-track decisions and removing automatic appeals in a bid to speed up and…
