The leader of the Roman Catholic Church calls on his followers to abstain from a lot. Pope Francis’ latest request: stop scrolling. The Vatican head, 88, told an audience at the Jubilee of the World of Communications in Rome at the weekend that too much social media should be avoided because it causes “brain rot”—or putrefazione cerebrale in the more elegant Italian.

Pope Francis indicated that the Catholic Church was willing to accept a common date for celebrating Easter in the West and the East.

Rome — Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his right arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn't break his arm, but a sling was put on as a precaution, the Vatican spokesman said in a ...

ROME (Reuters) - Rome's chief Jewish rabbi on Thursday sharply criticised Pope Francis over the pontiff's recent ramping up of criticism against Israel's military campaign in Gaza, in an unusually forceful speech during an annual Catholic-Jewish dialogue event.

Pope Francis has hailed the release of Cuban prisoners as a "gesture of great hope" that he prays will be undertaken elsewhere.

Francis spent much of the past decade in relatively good health but has dealt with several painful medical conditions over the last few years.

More than 3,000 Italians participated in the survey carried out in January, expressing their opinion on the challenges facing the Church and their assessment of the pope.

“The church in America agrees more with Trump than with Pope Francis,” Gorelick said during a conference at the Center for American Studies in Rome to promote the book “The Throne and the Altar,” by Italian journalist Maria Antonietta ...

Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs, calendars, bookmarks, medals and jewellery, among other things. Too conservative for some, not conservative enough for others, he is the face of the modern Catholic Church.

Pope Francis’ reveals in his new autobiography titled ‘Hope’ – the second of two books in two years by the pontiff

In its quieter and more personal moments, the book offers an intimate picture and perspective of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, the man who became Pope Francis.

The comments provided the latest indication of a potential renewal of friction between the Vatican and the next Trump White House.