Jan. 11 — Pope Francis makes a surprise visit to a record store ... Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Oct. 29, 2023. Vatican Media Nov. 25 — Pope Francis visits the hospital briefly for ...

A field hospital keeps its focus on the big picture: here, God’s transformative mercy. Pope Francis blesses sick and disabled people at the end of a pro-life Mass in St. Peter’s Square ...

Pope Francis, elected in 2013, chose his name in honor of St. Francis of Assisi, the 13th-century Italian friar who renounced his wealth. Francis died of a stroke and irreversible heart failure on ...

Who’s St. Francis, Whose Love for the Poor, Creation, and Peace Inspires Pope Francis? ASSISI, Italy (AP) — As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of ...