Personal stories emerging this week in the wake of the many tributes to Pope Francis reflect the impact of individual prayers and blessings the pontiff shared around the world, whether he was talking ...

ROME (AP) — A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio message broadcast Thursday, the first public sign of life from the 88-year-old ...

If you have men who will exclude any of God’s creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men. – St. Francis of Assisi Back in the day ...

Weeks ahead of his death, Pope Francis dedicated this month’s prayer intention to new technologies and the hope that it can serve “every person, especially the weakest.” In a prerecorded video ...

In Greater Cincinnati, mourners are paying their respects to Pope Francis after his death on Monday.Many came together in prayer at Mass Monday night. At Cathedral Basilica of St. Peter in Chains, ...

Lent “is a chance for everybody to make a new start and experience the grace of God,” the Rev. Christopher Collins, the vice president for mission at the University of St. Thomas, said as he headed to ...

Pope Francis’ pontificate spanned 12 years and numerous major global events — including international gatherings, the COVID-19 crisis, and the Synod on Synodality — that saw him delivering prayers ...

Pope Francis’ historic Statio Orbis blessing during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic remains relevant for the Church as it did five years ago. Before an empty and rain-covered St. Peter’s Square, ...

ROME (AP) — A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio message broadcast Thursday, the first public sign of life from the 88-year-old ...

A woman places a Christian rosary at the statue of Pope John Paul II on Thursday outside the Agostino Gemelli hospital in Rome. ROME — A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their ...