Pope Francis

By Kielce Gussie. Speaking to representatives of the Filipino community residing in Spain, Pope Francis expressed his joy at their visit to the Vatican.

It is a great joy for me to welcome you to the house of St. Peter, to the home of the Church,” the pope shared with the Filipino delegation.

For the first time ever, a pope set foot on Corsican soil. On December 15, Pope Francis' visit to the French Mediterranean island sparked immense emotion.

Pope Francis visited Corsica yesterday on his 47th Apostolic Journey abroad. This was the first first time a Pope has visited the French island.

Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French island of Corsica on Sunday called for a dynamic form of laicism, promoting the kind of popular ...

During the Dec. 15 trip, the pontiff encouraged the island's Catholic majority to continue to foster its traditional piety as secular culture grows in ...

Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron met on Sunday during the pontiff's visit to Corsica, where they discussed international concerns and ...

Pope Francis urged Catholic priests on Sunday to defend against spiritual groups that stoke political divisions, speaking during a one-day visit to Corsica, ...

As Pope Francis became the first pope to celebrate Mass on the French island of Corsica Dec. 15, the usual excitement of an open-air Mass with the pope was ...

ACI Prensa Staff, Dec 16, 2024 / 13:30 pm (CNA). Pope Francis and French President Emmanuel Macron met on Sunday during the pontiff's visit to Corsica, ...

Concelebrants process before Pope Francis at the beginning of Mass on Gaudete Sunday in Austerlitz Square in Ajaccio, France, Dec. 15, 2024.

As Pope Francis became the first pope to celebrate Mass on the French island of Corsica Dec. 15, the usual excitement of an open-air Mass with the pop...

Pope Francis is the head of the Catholic Church and the bishop of Rome. Life inevitably has its sadnesses, which are part of every path of hope and ...

MINSK, 17 December (BelTA) – Belarusian President Aleksandr Lukashenko has sent birthday greetings to Pope Francis, BelTA learned from the press service of ...

To mark his 88th birthday, Pope Francis has released several excerpts from his autobiography “Hope,” which will hit bookshelves in January, recounting ...

Two attempted attacks on Pope Francis, including one by a suicide bomber, were foiled during his landmark trip to Iraq in 2021, the pontiff has revealed in ...

In newly released excerpts from his upcoming autobiography, Francis describes how British intelligence informed Iraqi police about the planned attacks by ...

By Joseph Tulloch. The Roman branch of A.C.L.I, the Italian Christian worker's association, organised an event on Tuesday aiming to introduce students to ...

Excerpts from Francis's autobiography say British intelligence and Iraqi police foiled two suicide bomb plots.

Pope Francis has revealed he was the target of an attempted suicide bombing during his visit to Iraq three years ago, the first by a Catholic pontiff to.

On Pope Francis' 88th birthday, two major newspapers on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean published two different excerpts from his new book on hop...

Pope Francis turns 88 on Tuesday and marked the occasion with revelations that he almost didn't make it.

British intelligence informed Vatican police that a kamikaze attack was plotted in Mosul during Francis' visit, and cautioned that a young woman equipped with ...

"Almost everyone advised me against that trip," he wrote in his autobiography, reflecting on a 2021 visit to Mosul, Iraq, where a tip from British intelligence ...

Here are some poignant excerpts from the pontificate to celebrate the Holy Father.

Having instituted the World Day of Grandparents and the Elderly in 2019, the Holy Father is keeping true to his inaugural message dedicated to older ...

In his upcoming autobiography, the pontiff said that two suicide bombers were killed by Iraqi police before they could carry out their planned attacks.

In a new autobiography, Pope Francis revealed that he escaped two assassination attempts during his visit to Iraq in March 2021, including one involving a ...

Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in 1936, Jorge Mario Bergoglio has left a deep mark on the Catholic Church since his election as Pope in 2013. Known for his ...

Here are some poignant excerpts from the pontificate to celebrate the Holy Father.

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was 17 years old when he first received his vocation to become a priest. It happened on Sept. 21, 1953 – the beginning of spring in ...

Father Twal succeeds the late American Bishop Robert Patrick Maginnis as titular bishop of Siminia.

The Gospel, which urges us to become like little children for our own salvation (Matthew 18:3), reminds us to regain their ability to smile,” Francis wrote.

Pope Francis has revealed in a new book, “Spera,” that he narrowly escaped two attempts on his life during his visit to Iraq in March 2021 in the city of ...

After decades of priestly service, the Massachusetts priest is set to begin his next mission in January as director of the Pontifical Mission Societies.

Did you know Pope Francis was a nightclub bouncer, his favorite movie is “La Strada” by Federico Fellini, and that he doesn't watch television?

Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, OFM, expressed his gratitude to Pope Francis for Father Iyad Twal's appointments.