The former Cardinal Robert Prevost has led some two dozen public events but not made notable appointments, nor announced ...

During a visit to the Vatican last year, I was moved to tears. It was not prompted by the pope. And no tears poured out when I prayed inside St. Peter’s Basilica. The artwork on the ceiling of ...

Less than a month after the death of Pope Francis, a baseball signed by the late Catholic leader sold for $18,750 at RR Auctions. Randy Kaplan, a prolific collector of baseballs from world leaders ...

The papal apartments was sealed shortly after Pope Francis' death in April Charlotte Phillipp is a Weekend Writer-Reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2024, and was previously ...

After Pope Francis' death in April, the papal apartments inside the Apostolic Palace were sealed, a ritual that symbolizes the papal throne is empty and secures his personal papers. On Sunday ...

the late Pope Francis, vowing to take forward his “synodal” approach of seeking open discussion with the clergy and faithful of the global Catholic Church.

On a sweltering January day in 2018, Pope Francis addressed 100,000 of the faithful in Puerto Maldonado, Peru, not far from where gold mining had ravaged an expanse of Amazon rainforest about the ...

We have a new pope, but the challenges he faces are not. Pope Francis fashioned himself as a reformer, starting with his name — taken in part from St. Francis of Assisi, who was tasked by God ...

Greg is the author of The Preaching of Pope Francis and has studied Francis’ homilies and preaching style in depth, with particular attention to the pastoral tone and scriptural grounding that ...

Leo, born in Chicago, is the first U.S.-born pope. Leo quoted Pope Francis in denouncing the number of conflicts ravaging the globe today, saying it was a "third world war in pieces." "I carry in ...

Leo XIV's predecessor, Pope Francis, also discussed AI in a January 2024 message published by the Holy See. "The rapid spread of astonishing innovations, whose workings and potential are beyond ...

Pope Leo XIV held his first "Regina Caeli" prayer at St. Peter's Square in the Vatican on Sunday. The newly elected holy father delivered the message just hours after visiting the tomb of his ...