Italian lawmakers passed a law on Wednesday making it illegal for couples to travel to the United States and other countries ...

In a move which tightens a previous 2004 surrogacy ban, Italy has officially banned its citizens from seeking surrogates ...

In a letter to Catholics in the Middle East on the first anniversary of the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas on Israel, Pope Francis ...

An autobiography of Pope Francis will be published next January. Entitled “Hope,” the book will be published simultaneously ...

Viking has bought British rights to the autobiography of Pope Francis, originally intended to be published after his death, ...

A historically Catholic country, since the 1950s Belgium has seen a significant decline in the number of its practicing ...

An Italian publisher announced the global release in January of "Hope," a book it described as Pope Francis' autobiography, ...

Ehud Olmert, who served as the Israeli prime minister from 2006 to 2009, and Nasser al-Kidwa, the Palestinian foreign ...

Pope Francis called on divided Christians to overcome their doctrinal differences and walk together in love, expressing hope ...

The 14 soon-to-be saints each exemplified heroic virtue and witnessed to holiness within their unique vocations, including ...

Several U.N. peacekeepers were wounded in Lebanon in the days before Pope Francis spoke; it was not clear who was responsible ...

Two peoples and two states: for Pope Francis, this remains the only truly viable solution for peace between Israel and ...