Pope Francis

Pope Francis announced his plans to release a follow-up to his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si on October 4, St. Francis' feast day.

Pope Francis met with Taiwan's first indigenous bishop, Norbert Pu of Chiayi Diocese, recently in Rome.

Speaking to RVA News from Ulaanbaatar, the capital of Mongolia, Father Sales, a member of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM), said that it was a very happy experience for him and all Mongolian Catholics with Pope Francis’ apostolic visit.

“In these times of heightened need for harmony, your role as an apostolic messenger of peace is more crucial than ever before.”

A priest from the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM), a mission pioneer in Mongolia, will meet Pope Francis during his visit.

Korean Catholic bishops are scheduled to visit Mongolia following Pope Francis' visit to Mongolia (August 31–September 4, 2023).

Pope Francis announced he is drafting a second part of Laudato Si' to address current challenges.

Pope Francis met Andry Nirina Rajoelina, the Catholic President of Madagascar, along with Mialy Razakandisa his wife, his sons Arena and Ilonstoa, and a daughter, Ilona on August 17, 2023.

Pope Francis appointed Bishop Rui Manuel Sousa Valério patriarch of Lisbon.

'Having lunch with the Pope came as quite a surprised, said Audrey Criscille Abatol.

"The next World Youth Day will be in Asia," Pope Francis.

 “Curiously, the prayer of adoration — we have lost it,” Pope Francis admitted. “We have lost it, and everyone — priests, bishops, consecrated men and women, laypeople — have to recover it. It’s to be in silence, before the Lord,” he seemed to challenge all those present.

"At the end of the half-hour meeting," Bruni said, "Pope Francis and the young people recited the Our Father together, "with their thoughts turned toward martyred Ukraine."

Pope Francis criticized Portuguese Catholic institutions for disregarding a decades-old sexual scandal that damaged their credibility and lost followers.

The Vatican confirmed a Resident Papal Representative in Hanoi with Vietnam.

Pope Francis has been condemning child sexual abuse among Church leaders since he was elected to the pontificate.

Father Ferdinand Dkhar (61), was appointed as bishop of Jowai in India on Saturday, July 8, 2023, by Pope Francis.

Pope to create Commission for the New Martyrs -Witnesses of the Faith.

Edna wrote, “The doctor said he did not know when I would meet Jesus, but it will happen soon.”

“Let us not abandon them. From the elderly, we received the gift of belonging to God’s holy people,” Pope Francis.