A man born in 1936 who, if he looks back, it is only to cast his eye even farther forward." Francis addresses many urgent issues of our times and reiterates some of his well-known talking points ...

For a time in the early 1950s, O’Connor was known for a series of low budget comedies with big box-office returns in which he was partnered with Francis the talking mule. “It was wonderful at first ...

And I'm on my computer, talking, like, "Okay ... I would happily be the pack mule. I'll be the farm boy, grabbing your pitch or whatever you need, man. I got you. Just do not put me in the ...

Stepping into a character role featured in any of the plays by the late playwright Sam Shepard takes both the chosen actor ...

With only one lung, the fragile 88-year-old Pope Francis sparks alarm with "every cough or hospital admission". Around him, the vultures circle – devising strategies to ensure their preferred ...

In this episode of "The Francis Effect," Heidi, Daniel and David look at the first week of the second Trump administration, and what listeners can do for self-care and mutual aid. Next ...

Pope Francis' arm is in a sling Thursday after the Vatican confirmed he was injured in a fall, the second such incident in a matter of weeks. The Vatican said Francis fell inside his residence ...

Pope Francis will hold the next few days of meetings in rooms at his Vatican residence while sick with bronchitis, the Vatican said Thursday. “Due to bronchitis, from which he is suffering at ...

In a profound reflection delivered during Sunday’s Angelus prayer, Pope Francis emphasized how Jesus Christ reveals the ultimate criterion by which all history is judged: love. “Whoever loves ...

In 2016, Francis — the first Latin-American pope — condemned then-President Trump’s plan to stop migrants from crossing the U.S.-Mexico border as “not Christian.” ...