I think my father and mother would challenge us to be a better America because we can become that. It starts with something ...

Sixty years after the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. led a rally protesting housing discrimination and segregated schools in ...

Pope Francis’ life was a model of humility, charity and forgiveness, and a love of peace. He was the polar opposite of our so ...

In the Church News video “Peace Through Religious Freedom,” Elder Ulisses Soares said that religious freedom is about ...

Peacemaking was the theme of the 12th annual Iowa Religious Freedom Symposium held in Des Moines earlier this month. A wide range of belief, and even unbelief, was welcomed and respected. One of the ...

Jesus, who redeemed humanity by giving up his life on the cross, shows that it is not strength that saves the world, but the ...

Francis died at 88 years old at his Vatican residence around 7:30 a.m. Rome time, the Catholic Church announced. He gave an ...

Hours before his death, Pope Francis made an appearance before a crowd of thousands at Saint Peter’s Square where his Easter blessing was read by Archbishop Diego Ravelli.

Pope Francis died on Monday, one day after addressing the crowd from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Easter ...

In one of his last public acts, Pope Francis gave a message of hope and peace in his Easter Sunday speech at the Vatican only hours before his death.

Francis did not preside over the Vatican’s Easter Mass as he was limiting his workload since his hospitalization, but made an appearance at the end to deliver the twice-yearly blessing and message ...

Before his passing, Pope Francis made what would be his last public appearance to bless thousands in St. Peter's Square. This ...