South Sudan has the largest refugee crisis in Africa. Pope Francis was greeted by cheers and ululations on

Bandeko, bobóto [Brothers and sisters, peace be with you] R/ Bondeko [Fraternity] Bondéko [Fraternity] R/Esengo [Joy] Esengo, joy:

On the first day of his peace pilgrimage, Pope Francis begged the leaders of South Sudan to work

LIVE | Pope Francis’ Meeting with Bishops, Priests and Seminarians of South Sudan in the Cathedral of Saint

LIVE | Pope Francis’ meeting with internally displaced persons at the Freedom Hall in Juba. 

LIVE | Pope Francis’ Ecumenical Prayer from John Garang Mausoleum. The event will include an address by the

“Thank you, because you are a lung that helps the universal Church breathe!” Pope Francis said at his

LIVE | Pope Francis arrived in South Sudan. The Holy Father is welcomed with a ceremony. Afterwards the

Pope Francis is spending his final full day in the Democratic Republic of Congo. It included an address

At a Vatican retreat in 2019, Pope Francis kissed the feet of President Salva Kiir — and those

The new Apostolic Nuncio to Hungary, Michael Wallace Banach, speaks with EWTN Hungary’s Domonkos Pulay about his new

Pope Francis’ message was read at the beginning of a Mass for consecrated men and women in Rome’s

The Democratic Republic of Congo exports 70% of the worldʼs cobalt, a once-obscure element now in great demand

Civic leaders, friends, and members of Cardinal George Pell’s family remembered the Australian cardinal’s dedication to the Church.

LIVE | Pope Francis’ Meeting with Bishops at the Congo National Episcopal Conference, in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of

Pope Francis interacted with an enthusiastic crowd of about 65,000 young people and adults, some of whom traveled

LIVE | Pope Francis’ Prayer Meeting with priests, deacons, consecrated people and seminarians in the Cathedral of Notre

The 91-year-old cardinal wrote on his blog on Jan. 31 that he is receiving treatment in the hospital

On the second day of his Apostolic journey to the Democratic Republic of Congo, Pope Francis celebrated Mass.

Papal Masses, especially in the last 50 years or so, have attracted crowds of millions — many of

Enough. Enough enriching themselves on the skin of the weakest, enough enriching themselves with resources and blood money.”

LIVE | Pope Francis’ Meeting with the young people and catechists in the Martyrs Stadium of Kinshasa, Democratic

Catholics danced and sang songs, including a chant of “Maman Maria,” which means “Mama Mary” in French, as

“One of the greatest and most influential theologians of all time on the Chair of Peter put himself