The pope’s traditional blessing, “urbi et orbi,” was read by Archbishop Diego Ravelli, but Pope Francis later toured St.

Medardo Rosso (1858–1928), an Italian-French sculptor and photographer, influenced art around 1900. His work impacted sculpture history, though he remains less recognized today.

Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si’, was published almost 10 years ago. This environmental text sought to move the ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Pope Francis on Wednesday held an audience with dozens of doctors, nurses and hospital staff who helped get him back to health after bronchial infections ...

“It was kind of indicative of the vibe of the movie," Bacon joked of the 1998 thriller Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022. She has also ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis has taken the first step toward making Antoni Gaudí, the famed architect of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, a saint. On Monday (April 14), Pope Francis ...

MUSKOGEE, Okla. — Kendal Francis was announced as the new city manager for the City of Muskogee. "We are excited to welcome Kendal to Muskogee," said Muskogee Mayor Patrick Cale. "His extensive ...

A cardinal reaches out for Pope Francis as he arrives at the end of the mass on Palm Sunday in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Sunday, April 13, 2025. GREGORIO BORGIA / AP Pope Francis on Palm ...

Instead, it turned out to be the prelude to one of the most celebrated expressions of patriotic fervor in the young country’s history: Francis Scott Key’s composition of “The Star-Spangled ...