A Mass was held in St. Peter's Basilica Friday in honor of Pope Francis as the 88-year-old marked two milestones this week: his 12-year anniversary as pontiff and the one-month mark since he was ...

Pope Francis’ recovery from double pneumonia continues. As a chest X-ray has confirmed improvement. Doctors earlier this week ...

(AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) A woman sits in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) People walk outside St. Peter's Square at The Vatican ...

In the 2010 book “On Heaven and Earth,” written alongside his friend the Argentine Rabbi Abraham Skorka, Francis denounced ...

Following the funeral mass, the body is then buried in a tomb beneath St. Peter’s Basilica—often in one of the papal chapels or crypts that are reserved for popes. With the pope’s passing, the Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, hope for his recovery and gratitude for his ...

The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the ...

Faithful pray during a nightly rosary in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican for Pope Francis' recovery, Monday, February 24, 2025. Faithful pray during a nightly rosary in St. Peter's Square at The ...

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter ... the Vatican’s walls. Elisabetta Zumbo carried a 5-foot-long cross down a cordoned-off section of the street leading to St. Peter's as she prepared ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, hope for his recovery and gratitude for his ...

The Vatican on Monday (February 24, 2025) announced the start of night time prayers for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square, and invited Romans and others to join in, as the 88-year ...