Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. His ...

Pope Francis, the first Latin American pontiff, passed away at 88 after a critical health battle. The late head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, who was since 2013, ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, passed away at the age of 88, on Easter Monday (April 21, 2025), nearly a month after he was discharged from the ...

The pontiff will visit four countries on the world’s poorest continent, demonstrating his urgent focus on the most vulnerable ...

Pope Francis has his favorite shops and artisans in Rome, and he likes to visit them personally. Some of them—tailors, ...

During Holy Week 2025, Pope Francis was called to share in the mystery of Christ's passion. No one knows whether he had some premonition that it would ...

SPRINGFIELD – The Pope Francis Prep community celebrated Tuesday afternoon as students and faculty from the school gathered to honor the boys hockey team for another state championship win. The ...

Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and treat ...

Cardinals return to mountaintop despite serious push from St. John’s As players took the ice for the first overtime of a defensive marathon in the Div. 1 state final at TD Garden on Sunday afternoon, ...

Questions about whether Pope Leo XIV must vote in Peru or pay taxes in the United States remain unresolved, with one canon law expert arguing that the pope’s unique status as a sovereign head of state ...

After a procession of palm leaves and olive branches through St. Peter's Square, Pope Leo XIV opened his first Holy Week as pope with a forceful appeal for peace at a time when the specter of war ...

There are many serious health conditions and diseases that affect the lungs and are associated with aging, like pneumonia, lung cancer, and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Researchers have now ...