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A five-year-old Sophie Cruz breached the barriers to deliver Pope Francis a personal letter.

Washington, D.C. may be more than 1,000 miles away, but for a group of students at a small Dallas Catholic school, the pope’s congressional address hit close to home.

In Havana, the pope met Fidel Castro over the weekend in a 40-minute session at the former president’s home that the Vatican described as “informal and familial”, with an exchange of books and discussion about issues facing humanity.

Xi, on his first state visit to the USA, will be hosted at the White House for a banquet on Friday. Obviously cutting emissions is going to be a hot topic.

Ahead of his first US visit, Pope Francis celebrated mass in Cuba Sunday before hundreds of thousands of worshipers in Havana’s Revolution Square.

Toni’s Kitchen in Montclair also shares the Pope’s message of feeding the hungry. I wholeheartedly agree with Pope Francis, who urged us to be open to immigrants and refugees as persons, not numbers. “So we’re supping with the pope”. Congress must...

“In recent centuries”, the Pope said, “millions of people came to this land to pursue their dream of building a future in freedom”.

The Vatican has said Francis is expected to discuss the need for peace, the plight of refugees and the role of poverty and bad government in driving conflict and migration.

Some may opt to hide from the crowds inside the corner of their dorm room. “Wind developers have received approval to install at least seventy-seven 3 Megawatt IWTs in the West Lincoln region, each as tall as a 61 story building, some so close to residential areas that...

Pope Francis has faced criticism for refusing to meet with human rights activists in Cuba, and has been accused of largely ignoring the issue of human rights during his visit. Although he telephoned some dissidents on Sunday to give a “passing greeting”, they were...

In this episode of Greta Talk, the On the Record host chats with the 2012 presidential candidate from the Basilica in DC about Pope Francis’ first visit to the U.S. The pair discuss scandal in the Catholic Church, who it was that inspired Newt to convert, and Pope...

According to former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, who is a Republican presidential candidate, President Barack Obama is pretending to be a Christian, and is not treating Pope Francis’ visit with respect (video below).

HANDOUT/REUTERS/ Argentina’s President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner (l.) greets Pope Francis after a mass in Havana’s Revolution Square in Cuba. Ortega was among many priests sent to military-run agricultural camps in the 1960s after Fidel Castro declared Cuba to be...

It was the day of the selfie, as someone called it. But people said it was absolutely worth the wait just to see the Pope, even for 15 seconds. “Be accepting and open to everyone who needs our help so we can have the opportunity to touch them with God’s love”.

In his speech, the president said the USA cherishes religious liberty and the Pope’s presence reminds us of that.