Pope Francis gave a historic address today when he spoke before a rare joint session of Congress on Capitol Hill Thursday morning. His speech (full text below) touched on numerous issues that have been heavily debated in Washington — climate change, the death penalty, religious freedom, immigration and more — but he focused often on the current refugee crisis in Europe.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis is to declare the 16th century Jesuit Pierre Favre a saint, bypassing the Vatican's typical procedures to honor the first recruit of Jesuit founder St. Ignatius Loyola.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has met with the foreign minister of the Russian Orthodox Church ahead of a Nov. 25 visit to the Vatican by President Vladimir Putin.