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 piety that distinguishes the Mediterranean ...

Pope Francis made the Mediterranean a top priority throughout his pontificate, visiting Malta, the Greek island of Lesbos and the Italian islands of Lampedusa and Sardinia, in addition to Marseilles.

Pope Francis will visit Corsica on Dec. 15, the Vatican said on Saturday, the first recorded trip of a pope to the French Mediterranean island.

As border policies tighten and development aid shrinks, the head of the United Nations’ migration agency is issuing a stark ...

Advocating for migrants was one of Pope Francis' top priorities. His papacy saw a refugee crisis in the Mediterranean, skyrocketing numbers of migrants in the Americas, and declining public ...

Pope Leo XIV met with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy today and reaffirmed the Vatican's willingness to host peace talks ...

LYON, France — Church bells tolled in mourning. Well-wishers flocked into pews. Tributes to Pope Francis poured in from around the world on Monday after the Vatican announced the pontiff's death ...

Pope Leo begins papacy amid high hopes and big challenges 03:57. Pope Leo XIV gave his first homily at a Mass on Friday, one day after he was selected by a conclave of cardinals at the Vatican to ...

Leo XIV held his first Mass as pope in the Sistine Chapel on Friday, in what was a private service for the 132 voting cardinals who elected him as the 267th leader of the world’s 1.4 billion ...

On Easter Sunday, on the eve of his death, Francis met briefly in his residence with Vice President JD Vance and appeared for a final time from the balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica.