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The law is a path and “may the Lord help people walk along the path of the Ten Commandments, however, by looking at Christ’s love, the encounter with Christ, knowing that the encounter with Jesus is more important than all the commandments,” he said. - (Excerpt)

Pope Francis wrote the homily for the first World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly Mass July 25 in St. Peter's Basilica, celebrated by Archbishop Rino Fisichella. “Let us protect them, so that nothing of their lives and dreams may be lost. May we never regret that we were insufficiently attentive to those who loved us and gave us life."

Pope Francis: Look to the saints for prayerful support.

Pope Francis: “Never before has a pope been in the land of Abraham. Providence willed that this should happen now, as a sign of hope."

During Pope Francis' Feb. 21 Angelus address, he warned against engaging in dialogue with the devil but to remain strong in faith through prayer and penance.

Prayer makes every day better, even the most difficult days, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis says remembering the Holocaust and its victims serves as a warning to humanity that such horrors could happen again.

Pope Francis offers a lesson in media literacy: Check out the truth before spreading fake news.

Pope Francis contemplates on St. Matthew's Gospel that "Jesus does not lift up a lament to the Father" but rather a joyful song of praise. So must we in this time of crisis.

During Pope Francis' World Day of Peace message, he insisted that peace is a gift that requires a human response and human effort.

Praying to God in times of joy and sorrow is a natural, human thing to do because it connects men and women to their father in heaven, the pope says.

Catholic communities and groups that claim to be working to improve church life, but attempt to do so without prayer, the Eucharist and unity with the rest of the church sadden the pope.

There is no better way to pray than like Mary, who opened her heart to God with humility and trust, Pope Francis says.

By asking to be baptized with other penitents in the Jordan River, Jesus placed himself among those who recognized themselves as sinners, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis said that while not all problems are solved in prayer, sometimes, it is enough for one to know that “the Lord listens.”

Pope Francis says after the pandemic ends, the world must aspire to be better and not return to its previous “sickened” normality of injustice, inequality and environmental degradation.

Pope Francis said people are called to contemplate creation as a reflection of “God’s infinite wisdom and goodness” and not act as if people are the “center of everything."

After a massive explosion at the port of Beirut killed at least 180 people, Pope Francis called on all Lebanese “to continue to hope and to find again the strength and energy needed to start over.”

The coronavirus pandemic has complicated the situation of migrants and refugees, but it has not stopped people from seeking safety and a better life abroad...