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Pope Francis on Sunday renewed his call for a truce in Ukraine, saying "the attack must be stopped."“Today various Eastern Churches, Catholic and O...

Pope Francis said on Saturday that "we must ask for the grace to cry" with Our Lady for the lives destroyed by the Ukraine war and the other miseri...

Pope Francis’ agenda was cleared on Friday for needed medical checkups, a Vatican spokesperson said.Francis, who is 85 years old, has been sufferin...

Pope Francis has said that Catholic education and formation are more important than ever in “an age awash in information often transmitted without ...

To not honor the elderly as God commands, and to treat them as something to discard, “is a grave sin,” Pope Francis said on Wednesday.During his we...

Pope Francis urged 80,000 teenagers gathered in St. Peter’s Square on Monday to turn to the Blessed Virgin Mary to find the courage to say yes to G...

On Easter Sunday 2022, Pope Francis gave the traditional Urbi et Orbi benediction from the central loggia of St. Peter’s Basilica. “Urbi et Orbi” m...

Pope Francis on Sunday celebrated Easter Mass for around 50,000 people in St. Peter’s Square — the first Easter Mass with the public after two year...

1. Benedict XVI was born on Holy SaturdayBenedict XVI was born on Holy Saturday, April 16, 1927, in Marktl am Inn, Bavaria. According to CNA’s coun...

Pope Francis washed the feet of prisoners on Thursday as he celebrated the Mass of the Lord’s Supper at a prison outside Rome.The pope offered the ...

Pope Francis visited Benedict XVI on Wednesday, ahead of the Pope emeritus’ 95th birthday.The Holy See press office said that the pope went to the ...

The new U.S. ambassador to the Holy See officially began his term on Monday with an audience with Pope Francis.Ambassador Joe Donnelly presented hi...