Pope Francis voiced "grave sorrow" over a missile strike on a Kyiv children's hospital and expressed "deep distress" at the escalation of violence in Ukraine and Gaza, the Vatican said Tuesday.
Pope Francis has spoken out against the liberalization of drug laws, calling such policies a "fantasy" and branding drug traffickers as "murderers." Francis used his weekly catechism lesson to ...
Pope Francis on Sunday urged Christians to be an example to others of how to live a sober, nonmaterialistic lifestyle in peace with one’s community. “It is important to know how to guard ...
Pope Francis and the College of Cardinals voted to approve Carlo Acutis' canonization on July 1 Becca Longmire is a digital news writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024.
Rome — A 15-year-old Italian web designer is set to become the Catholic Church's first saint from the millennial generation. On Monday, in a ceremony called an Ordinary Public Consistory, Pope ...
Do not be consumed by “the anxiety of doing” but spend time in rest and silent prayer to receive God’s grace, Pope Francis said on Sunday. The pontiff told Catholics, especially those in ...
Pope Francis is the 266th Roman Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was elected by the conclave of cardinals on March 13, 2013.
(The Conversation) — When Pope Francis addressed a group of top international comedians on June 14, 2024, he called them “artists” and stressed the value of their talents. To many Catholics ...
ROME -- The Vatican released on Friday the program for Pope Francis’ trip to Belgium and Luxembourg in late September, where he will celebrate Mass for the faithful, as well as meeting with ...
Pope Francis has voiced hope that the upcoming Paris Olympics will give countries currently at war the opportunity to follow an ancient Greek tradition and establish a truce for the duration of ...
Sean Stellato, agent of Giants third-string quarterback Tommy DeVito, had the distinguished honor of meeting Pope Francis in Vatican City, he posted on his Instagram account Wednesday. Stellato ...
More than 100 comedians for 15 countries have gathered at the Vatican to meet the Pope. Pope Francis apologised after he was quoted using a vulgar term to reaffirm the Catholic Church's ban on gay ...