Hours after Pope Francis’ death was announced, Israel’s Foreign Ministry posted a short message on X: “Rest in peace, Pope ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pope, died following recent hospitalizations, a day after delivering his final Easter ...

Urbi et orbi” means “To the city [of Rome] and to the world.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year ...

In December 2023, Francis formally signed off on allowing Catholic priests to bless same-sex couples ... who in many cases have left their own land for reasons of extreme poverty, insecurity ...

Pope Francis died Monday; here are the front runners for the Vatican leadership, and what they've said about Jews, Israel and ...

The Papal Conclave will gather in Rome to select the next head of the Catholic Church, likely from among the world’s ...

His youngest son is a priest of the Russian Orthodox Church ... and bread are all brought for the Easter blessing. Sofatzis’ family, including most of his seven siblings, three in ...

A convalescing Pope Francis was greeted by cheers as he appeared on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica as a stand-in ...

Pope Francis appears at the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome for the Angelus blessing after a month of ... we can offer up our suffering the way the priest offers up the Eucharist.

Pope Francis died Monday at age 88. The Vatican said Francis suffered a stroke which led to a coma and his heart to fail, as he recovered from a five-week hospitalization for double pneumonia.

It honors our agrarian roots, counting the barley harvest and celebrating the “Foot Festivals,” a reminder of nature’s miracles and our economic ties to the land. Since Roman times ...

"May God Bless him and all who loved him ... "I have always entrusted my life and the priestly and episcopal ministry to the Mother of Our Lord, Mary Most Holy. Therefore, I ask that my mortal ...