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In a special Mass celebrated for the Congolese community in Rome, Pope Francis urged citizens of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to let go of hatred and resentment over current violence and past...

Pope Francis is the first pope to have been ordained to the priesthood after the Second Vatican Council.

On the same day he should have been leaving for a highly-anticipated trip to the Democratic Republic of the Congo and South Sudan, Pope Francis sent a message to citizens of the two countries...

The Vatican announced it has completed the sale of a property in London that is at center of a Vatican trial for 10 people, including Cardinal Angelo Becciu, accused of financial malfeasance.

“I believe it is time to rethink the concept of a ‘just war’,” Pope Francis said. “A war may be just, there is the right to defend oneself."