To all, Francis offers a message of mercy. It is a message that has won him both praise and criticism.

Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si’, was published almost 10 years ago. This environmental text sought to move the ...

His encyclicals are urgent calls to action, addressing the interconnected crises of climate change, poverty and social ...

Before his health began to fail him, the first Jesuit to head the Catholic Church called for “courageous actions” on climate ...

What does Pope Francis’s encyclical teach us? And how does it reflect the Catholic Church’s vision, and his own? A weekly e-mail in English featuring expertise from scholars and researchers.

Flores of Brownsville, Texas, while speaking April 9 about Pope Francis’ most recent encyclical, “Dilexit Nos,” or “He loved ...

In convalescence while recovering from double pneumonia, Pope Francis met King Charles and Queen Camilla on the sidelines of ...

Titled Laudato Si': On Care for Our Common Home, the encyclical galvanised the push for more than what Pope Francis dismissed as “simple solutions” to climate change. That year, the first ...

Bringing his address to a close, the pontiff recalled the encyclical Spe Salvi of Pope Benedict XVI, who reminded the Church ...