Pope Francis

Trump Mar-a-Lago club hosts Catholic bash for St Joseph's Day

hundreds of catholics gathered at mar-a-lago, president donald trump’s famous palm beach private club and residence, for a prayer and fellow...

Pope releases World Prayer Day for Vocations message early

in perhaps another sign that he is not willing to be limited by his hospital bed, pope francis has released his prepared message for the for...

The Catholic Herald

Pope sends his US Medal of Freedom to Buenos Aires

pope francis has sent the presidential medal of freedom he was awarded by former president joe biden to buenos aires cathedral. awarded to t...

EduardoCamposLima

Pope Francis is recovering… what happens now?

catholics around the world will have been delighted at the news that pope francis is now recovering from his ailments. progress has been slo...

Miles Pattenden

Vatican hopes for 'just and lasting peace' for Ukraine without 'preconditions'

rome – on monday the vatican confirmed a recent phone call between a top official and ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy, and voiced it...

New exhibition in Warsaw 'ambitiously' examines St. John Paul II's and Robert Schuman's vision of 'European Unity'

europe is as much an idea as it is a place. we straddle a supercontinent physically dominated by asia and africa, but remain separate from t...

Georgia L. Gilholy

Doctors reduce oxygen ventilation for Pope as condition continues to improve

rome – doctors have said that the pope's overall clinical status is improving and they are attempting to gradually wean him from night time ...

Rome notebook: The Eternal City in the twilight of Francis's reign

being in rome when even taxi drivers and waiters will volunteer updates on the state of the pope’s health is a strange experience. one can o...

Pope celebrates anniversary by sharing cake with hospital staff

pope francis today celebrated the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy by sharing a cake with staff assisting him at rome’s gemell...

US Secretary of State congratulates Pope on papal election anniversary

us secretary of state marco rubio has commended pope francis on the 12th anniversary of his election as pope and offered prayers for the hol...