The plight of migrants was one of Pope Francis’ top priorities. In 2013, the newly elected pontiff made his first pastoral ...

Starting from his election in 2013, Pope Francis placed the issue of migration at the heart of his agenda, criticizing ...

Pope Francis, champion of the poor and the Church's first Latin American leader, will be honoured Saturday with a funeral ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Some takeaways about the life of Pope Francis, who died Monday: ...

On the evening of April 21, eighty-five migrants were rescued by the Italian Coast Guard and landed at the Favarolo dock in Lampedusa. The patrol boats ventured out in the stormy sea, ...

The son of Italian immigrants in Argentina, Pope Francis sometimes invoked his own family history when speaking about ...

As the number of displaced people worldwide surged and conservative views took root, Francis never stopped standing up for ...

Mourners gather in the Vatican and Rome to honour Pope Francis, the beloved champion of the poor, as world leaders and ...

For those living on the island of Lampedusa, the death of Pope Francis has a very special meaning. For there was a very ...

The International Organization for Migration (IOM) expresses its profound sorrow at the passing of His Holiness Pope Francis, ...

Despite the unresolved issues that many Catholics know are long overdue, Francis achieved far more for marginalized people ...