"Please let's pray for peace, let's do penance for peace," he said during his general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall Feb. 12, launching an appeal for Catholics to ask for a peaceful resolution ...

It is the latest issue with the 88-year-old pontiff’s health that has forced him to cancel his agenda until Monday at least.

Noting the shepherds’ openness to receive the news of the coming of Jesus, the Pope’s catechesis emphasized that it is 'the ...

Pope Francis will be hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic at the end of Friday’s daily audiences to undergo some ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis’ aide leans down to pick up the the handle of the Pope ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican released a partial schedule of Pope Francis’ liturgical celebrations in March and early ...

The pope has closely followed the response of U.S. prelates to the president's attacks on migrants and he expects them to ...

Pope Francis is helped by his assistant Piergiorgio Zanetti as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall ...

Pope Francis arrives for a Jubilee audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025. Credit: AP/Andrew Medichini Francis has said that he has no plans to resign anytime ...