The Gospel's message of hope to the suffering and downtrodden is sorely needed in today's world, which is "enslaved by selfishness and full of contradictions and divisions," Pope Francis said.

While their life journeys and the stages of their sainthood causes diverged, two men born in Italy are set to be canonized together Oct. 9: Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini and Blessed Artemide...

Pope Francis thanked members of the Stella Maris outreach to seafarers for their "witness of faith and countless acts of kindness and charity" and urged them to continue standing up for people...