FILE - Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, poses for a photo at the end of the consistory where Pope Francis elevated 21 new cardinals in St. Peter's Square at ...

The Mass will we held at St. Augustine Cathedral downtown. The bells at the Catherdral also are set to ring 88 times today, one time for each year the pope lived, Rev. Gerald Kicanas said in a ...

The cardinals who elected Pope Leo XIV weren’t looking for a carbon copy of Francis—or for someone who would depart dramatically from Francis in tone and style. They wanted a pastor: a ...

The Pope has ‘isolated’ breathing crisis in hospital, Vatican says - The update comes as crowds gather outside the hospital ...

A look at the recent sale of a one-of-a-kind Topps NOW card celebrating Pope Leo XIV and some of the other big sales of the ...

Pope Leo added that Francis promoted this concept in the various synodal assemblies that took place during his pontificate, 'especially those on the family, and then he has made it flow into the ...

Pope Francis was elected in 2013 and served as the 266th leader of the Roman Catholic Church and head of state of the Vatican City until his death on April 21, 2025. His papacy was marked by ...

Garneau flew on three NASA space shuttle missions, led the Canadian Space Agency and served in Parliament for 15 years.

The late Pope Francis also clashed with Trump over immigration, once saying the president was "not Christian" for wanting to build a wall on the U.S.-Mexico border.

Pope Francis, who replaced the late Pope Benedict XVI in 2013, died at the age of 88 on April 21, 2025, due to a stroke and irreversible heart failure. He was succeeded by Pope Leo XIV, who was ...

Pope Victor I led the church from 189 to 199 AD, Pope Miltiades from 311 to 314 AD, and Pope Gelasius from 492 to 496 AD — all of whose roots trace to North Africa, a bastion of early Christianity.

Every time we perform an act of faith addressed to Jesus, we grow in our connection with Him, and His grace is bestowed immediately.” That’s not only a Sunday homily it’s the Instagram caption Pope ...