Former President Joe Biden, center, and his wife Jill arrive for the funeral of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ...

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.

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An Israeli airstrike hit Gaza’s only Catholic church, killing two people and wounding several others, including Rev. Gabriele ...

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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 ...

In 2020, Pope Francis used the library for his general audiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. Francis leading the Angelus prayer at the library of the Apostolic Palace in 2021.

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.

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Among those injured in the Israeli strike on the Catholic church is the priest who spoke to the late Pope Francis daily in ...

But Pope Francis’ 2021 decree changed that radically, abrogating Summorum Pontificum, mandating priests to obtain their bishop’s permission and, since 2023, obliging bishops to obtain express ...

Ex-President Uhuru Kenyatta, Ex-Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka, Deputy Chief Justice Philomena Mwilu and Chief Justice Martha Koome attend the requiem mass for Pope Francis at the Holy Family ...