VATICAN CITY -- Celebrating Easter Sunday, Christianity's most joyous and hopeful day, Pope Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine and Syria and for an end to the terrorist attacks in Nigeria that have ...

The pontiff was elected on May 8 after a two-day conclave Vatican News - English/YouTube Pope Leo XIV led the Regina caeli prayer at Saint Peter's Basilica on Sunday, May 11 In his remarks, the ...

Pope Leo XIV has opened the church’s penitential Lenten season by presiding over Ash Wednesday. He is lamenting the “ashes of international law and justice” that have been left by today’s wars and ...

Pope Francis is thanking Catholics around the world for their prayers as he continues battling double pneumonia in a Rome ...

NEW YORK -- Pope Francis arrived in New York City Thursday evening and made his first stop at St. Patrick's Cathedral where he led the evening prayers, or vespers. LIVE UPDATES: Pope Francis in the ...

Pope Francis’s health worsened after a respiratory crisis, the Vatican reported. A rosary prayer for him will be held in Detroit on Saturday.

On July 8, 2013, Pope Francis posed the rhetorical question, “Where is your brother?” He then responded, “This is not a question directed to others; it is a question directed to me, to you, to each of ...

Participating in the ecumenical Season of Creation, Pope Leo XIV's prayer intention for the month of September is "for our relationship with all of creation." In his monthly video, distributed Sept. 2 ...

Pope Leo XIV led the Regina caeli prayer at Saint Peter's Basilica on Sunday, May 11 In his remarks, the pontiff included a nod to his predecessor, Pope Francis Pope Leo XIV was elected into the ...

Pope Leo XIV led a prayer on his first Sunday as pontiff. The new pope, elected on May 8 after a two-day conclave, led the Regina caeli prayer, "Queen of Heaven" in Latin, which is often spoken ...