Vatican Media Pope Francis speaks to pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI Audience Hall for his general audience on Wednesday, Dec. 11, 2024,...

Photo illustration. Blessed Martyrs of Compiègne were guillotined for their faith on July 17, 1794. Before meeting her death, each...

Vatican Media Pope Francis speaks with young men during a general audience. Pope Francis sent this message to Italian teenagers an...

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican on Oct. 9, 2024. Did you know...

Father Roger Landry delivers the homily June 2 during Mass at the Cathedral-Basilca of Sts. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia during the St. El...

Credit: Vatican Media Pope Francis meets political authorities, civil leaders, and diplomats in the Republican Palace in Baghdad on March...

“Almost everyone advised me against that trip,” Francis wrote in his upcoming autobiography, "Hope."

Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem Bishop-elect Iyad Twal was appointed by Pope Francis on Dec. 17, 2024, as auxiliary bishop of the patriarc...

Daniel Ibanez/CNA Pope Francis holds a gift on the papal plane coming back from Corsica on Dec. 15, 2024. He celebrates his 88th birthday...

Vatican Media Pope Francis meets with members of the Filipino community at the Vatican's Consistory Hall on Monday, Dec. 16, 2024....

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Daniel Ibáñez Pope Francis presides over Holy Mass on Gaudete Sunday on the island of Corsica, Sunday, Dec. 15, 2024. The Dec. 15...

By Paolo Santalucia and Silvia Stellacci | Associated PressAJACCIO, Corsica — Pope Francis on the first papal visit ever to the French isla...

Pope Francis urged people to “make children” as he made his first papal visit to the French island of Corsica on Sunday.