Pope Leo XIV, 69, started a six-week long vacation at the papal retreat of Castel Gandolfo Sunday, getting out of the Roman ...

On the Feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, Sr Elena, a Comboni Missionary Sister and coordinator of Caritas Malakal in South ...

March 13, 2013— -- There's been some excited chatter that the new pope, Pope Francis of Argentina (formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio), has made history as the first-ever non-European pope.

Pope Francis meets with former Cuban President Fidel Castro at Castro's resident in Havana, Sept. 20, 2015. The former president of Cuba is shown giving Francis a book about his thoughts on religion.

Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Sunday and return to his residence at the Vatican, his doctors announced at a press conference Saturday. The pope has been in the hospital for ...

Pope Francis' Election: Not a 'Dry Eye in the House' at Conclave, Cardinal Says. First pope to succeed a retired pope in 600 years plans mass, prayers. By ABC News. March 13, 2013, 8:38 PM.

Pope Francis holds a meeting with volunteers of the World Young Day in Alges, near Lisbon, Portugal, on August 6, 2023. Marco Bertorello/AFP via Getty Images ...

Here is the full text of the speech Pope Francis was slated to give to Congress, as translated by the Holy See: Mr. Vice-President,Mr. Speaker,Honorable Members of Congress,Dear Friends, ...

Pope Francis shakes hands with Sheik Ahmed al-Tayeb, grand imam of Egypt's Al-Azhar Mosque and University, during a document signing at an interreligious meeting at the Founder's Memorial in Abu ...

Pope Francis, hospitalised for two weeks with pneumonia in both lungs, spent a peaceful night after suffering a breathing crisis, the Vatican said on March 01, 2025.