He began his ministry with a dangerous mission in the Chablais region, a Calvinist Protestant stronghold in the Diocese of Annecy, southeast France. Francis was a natural mediator and gifted ...

Edgar Grospiron, the moguls Olympic champion in Albertville in 1992, is bidding to become president of the organising committee for the 2030 Winter Olympics in France. (AP Photo/Laurent Cipriani) ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this Oct. 29, 2020, file photo, police officers stand guard near ...

On Feb. 10, 1763, the Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years' War between Britain and Spain and also the French and Indian War ...

Air France has collaborated with master perfumer Francis Kurkdjian to create its first signature scent designed for especially for airport lounges. Olivia Palamountain reports Master perfumer Francis ...

But one radical misfit in particular, Francis of Assisi, seems to loom larger—and provoke greater fascination—than any other. His life story, shrouded in legend, continues to inspire many ...

Pope Francis warned of the "scourge of antisemitism" in his Angelus prayer on Sunday, the eve of the International Holocaust Remembrance Day, noting it marks 80 years since the liberation of the ...

As US President Donald Trump began his promised deportation campaign, a war of words erupted between Trump’s border czar Tom Homan and Pope Francis after the pontiff expressed disapproval of the plan ...

France on Friday asked the European Union to suspend "indefinitely" landmark new rules on environmental and human rights supply chain standards, saying they were too burdensome for businesses.

Every Jan. 24, the Catholic Church celebrates St. Francis de Sales, bishop of Geneva and doctor of the Church, known as “the saint of kindness.” He reportedly had a bad temper, but he relied ...

TODAY the Church remembers St Francis de Sales – a bishop and the patron saint of journalists – a man who teaches that “devotion (to God) is meant for everyone, in every situation”. Pope Francis on ...

President Donald Trump has received criticism from Pope Francis as the 47th U.S. president is set to unleash his mass deportation plan. The Holy Father weighed in on the anticipated operation ...