The Catholic faithful took heart when the pontiff, after two brushes with death, emerged from a hospital and resumed some of ...

High Desert faithful are mourning the Easter Monday death of Pope Francis, 88, who passed at his residence in the Vatican's ...

Pope Francis has been away from public duties since he was hospitalised in February, when he received treatment for double ...

He met with Francis at the Vatican to exchange greetings on Easter Sunday. “It was an honor to visit the Vatican during Holy Week, and a blessing ... were likely short due to his ongoing health ...

He offered a silent blessing and a short, breathless greeting before Archbishop Diego Ravelli, master of apostolic ceremonies, read aloud Francis’s Easter speech — known as the “Urbi et Orbi ...

Easter Sunday, a pivotal Christian festival symbolizing renewal and hope, will be observed on April 20th, 2025. This movable ...

Pope Francis confirmed in his final testament - released by the Vatican just now - that he wished to be buried in Rome's ...

Pope Francis, 88, died at his Vatican residence on Easter Monday ... permitted priests to perform blessings for same-sex couples, a move that stops short of sanctioning same-sex marriages ...

Pope Francis made a short and unannounced visit Saturday to St. Peter's Basilica to pray before this evening's Easter vigil and greeted some of the faithful present.

After the mass, which was led by retired archpriest of St. Peter’s Basilica Cardinal Angelo Comastri, the pope gave an apostolic blessing in Latin. Prior to his Easter public appearances ...

It was a mark of the humanity that typified his papacy that Pope Francis appeared in public to deliver Easter blessings and tour ... even if the results fell short of what his most progressive ...