When Pope Leo XIV surprised tens of thousands of young people at a recent Holy Year celebration with an impromptu popemobile ...

Pope Leo XVI will receive a pro-LGBTQ+ Catholic reform organization during celebrations in October, the first time the group ...

Riccardi, who worked closely with the Holy See and Pope Francis on diplomacy efforts, traveled with the pope and helped to negotiated peace treaties in many countries, including Mozambique and ...

“Like all holy fathers, whether they’re from Italy, Poland, Germany, they bring their experience, their culture, their concerns. Pope Francis did, especially his experience with the poor.

In 2022, Pope Francis tried to clean up the bank's tarnished image. He strengthened the bank's role as the exclusive manager of the Holy Sees's financial assets and connected institutions. He followed ...

Pope Francis receives U.S. Vice President JD Vance, left, before bestowing the Urbi et Orbi (Latin for to the city and to the world) blessing at the end of the Easter mass presided over by ...

A town awaits The residents of Castel Gandolfo, meanwhile, are aching for a pope to return. Francis had decided not to use the retreat and instead spent his 12 papal summers at home, in the Vatican.

MEXICO CITY (KABC) -- As Pope Francis continued his historic trip to Mexico, one local man was still trying to realize his late father's wish to meet the Holy Father. It was quiet at the National ...

Pope Francis is pictured with Msgr. Fernando Ocáriz, left, the head of Opus Dei, and Msgr. Mariano Fazio, the auxiliary vicar of the prelature, during an audience at the Vatican Nov. 29, 2021.