Noting the shepherds’ openness to receive the news of the coming of Jesus, the Pope’s catechesis emphasized that it is 'the ...

"Please let's pray for peace, let's do penance for peace," he said during his general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall Feb. 12, launching an appeal for Catholics to ask for a peaceful resolution ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis’ aide leans down to pick up the the handle of the Pope ...

The pope has closely followed the response of U.S. prelates to the president's attacks on migrants and he expects them to ...

Pope Francis has urged U.S. Catholics and people of goodwill to not give in to "narratives" that discriminate against and ...

Francis, 88, has been pope since 2013 and has suffered from influenza and other health problems several times over the past ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday said he was unable to read his remarks for a general audience due to bronchitis. Asking an aid to read the text, the 88-year-old pontiff said "with my bronchitis I can't" ...

Pope Francis is helped by his assistant Piergiorgio Zanetti as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican released a partial schedule of Pope Francis’ liturgical celebrations in March and early ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday continued his catechesis on “Jesus Christ Our Hope,” saying love is the force that compels people, ...

Pope Francis arrives for a Jubilee audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. Credit: AP/Andrew Medichini Francis has said that he has no plans to resign anytime ...

Pope Francis' aide leans down to pick up the the handle of the Pope's walking stick after it snapped as he was arriving for a Jubilee audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday ...