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Pope Francis on Mother's Day: “We pray for mothers who have gone to heaven”

Pope's message to Orthodox and Eastern churches celebrating Easter on May 5

Pope Francis mourns death of missionary who evangelized in Ivory Coast

After Iran's response, Pope calls for “curbing spiral of violence” in Middle East

Pope Francis mourns victims of bus crash in South Africa

Pope Francis prays first Regina Coeli of 2024: “May peace go where it is most needed”

Pope Francis celebrates release of kidnapped religious in Haiti

Pope says everyone should work for “concrete recognition of the equal dignity of women”

Pope Francis calls for humanitarian aid in Gaza following U.S. shipment of food

Pope Francis suspends activities another day due to “mild flu symptoms, no fever”

Pope Francis' audiences suspended for annual Lenten Spiritual Exercises

Pope Francis: “I think of countries at war, where human rights are violated”

Pope Francis urges all to join in fight against human trafficking

Pope Francis condems religious attack in Turkey

Pope Francis joins children of the “Caravan of Peace” in praying for an end to wars

Pope Francis inaugurates the “Year of Prayer” in preparation for the Jubilee of 2025

Pope Francis: “Have we settled into a faith made up of habits?”

Pope Francis expresses concern for persecuted Church in Nicaragua

March 2023: Pope Francis admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital for lung infection

Pope Francis remembers two women killed in Gaza parish

Pope Francis baptizes three-month-old Ukrainian baby in chapel of his residence

Pope prays for an increase of love within families

Pope at Santa Marta warns against danger of living faith in a rigid way

Pope at Santa Marta: Pandemic of hunger

Pope Francis reminds that May 14 is a day of prayer and fasting for end of pandemic

Pope at Santa Marta: The Church grows with our witness

Pope Francis prays for students and professors during pandemic

Pope invites Christians to ask themselves: What is my peace like?

Pope praises nurses for their heroism

Pope: Holy Spirit's role is to teach, develop our faith

Pope prays for those who have lost their jobs

Pope at Santa Marta: God speaks little, but He is near

Pope prays for Red Cross and Red Crescent workers

Pope in Santa Marta: To be Christian is not being 'elite,' but belonging to a people

Pope prays for artists: Through them we understand beauty, through beauty, the Gospel

Pope recalls sin makes us slaves to darkness

Pope Francis prays that those in the media always transmit the truth

Pope warns against attitudes that prevent people from becoming part of Jesus' flock

Pope Francis prays for those who have died alone because of the pandemic

Pope asks to overcome temptation of division within the Church

Francis meets with Ecuador's president, one of the youngest in history

Why were Garth Brooks and the Mayor of New York at the Vatican this weekend?

Pope will speak again at birth forum for Italy—home to one of the world's lowest birthrates

Pope prepares for trip to Papua New Guinea by meeting with indigenous leader

President of Switzerland gives Pope a tango album as a present

Issues facing Ghana are brought to the Vatican

Mexican actor asks Pope Francis to bless an image of Our Lady of Guadalupe for him

Malta: where the Church meets refugees

First private meeting between Pope Francis & German Chancellor Scholz

Peruvian ambassador brings chocolate for Pope Francis

Pope Francis and Argentine President exchange gifts in the Vatican

Argentine President and Pope Francis meet for first time as heads of state

Former Chilean president who had met with popes killed in helicopter accident

Pope Francis and Spanish vice-president discuss possible trip to the Canary Islands

Pope Francis: trip to Argentina is “between parentheses”

Pope reunites with Kazakhstan President over 1 year after his trip to the country

Colombian President asks Pope Francis to hold peace talks at the Vatican

Pope Francis meets with Vietnamese Communist Party delegation

Argentine president officially invites Pope Francis to visit the country

Pope Francis challenges Marxists and Christians to combat corruption, lawlessness

Vatican doctrine office will release document on controversial “moral issues” April 8

5 years later, young people remember the letter the Pope addressed to them

Pope Francis calls for a return to the style of the early Christians

Pope Francis reveals story of his life in new book

Caritas Internationalis draws awareness to climate-induced humanitarian crises

Pope Francis releases new document, calls for confidence & maturity in faith

Pope Francis publishes critical document on man's responsibility to care for the climate

Laudate Deum: the newest papal document

Expedition takes Pope's encyclical to the North Pole to alert society on climate change

Five keys to understand “Fratelli Tutti,” Pope Francis' new encyclical

Pope Francis signs third encyclical of his pontificate in Assisi

“Fratelli tutti,” the new encyclical by which Pope Francis wants to heal the world

Carballo: Pope's new encyclical will propose “returning” to St. Francis of Assisi

Pope Francis could launch new encyclical in September

Three keys points from Laudato si' remembered five years later

Laudato si' week kicks off yearlong celebration of encyclical's fifth anniversary

Pope explains his letter on the rosary

Pope Francis asks for participation in “Laudato si'” week to be held May 16-24

Leaders propose using environmental crisis to create economy and society on a human scale

Ethical leadership proposed to resolve crisis

The Vatican hosts concert for those most in need: “It's like heaven for them”

Pope Francis returns to the Roman suburbs to meet with priests and refugees

Pope Francis to autistic children: Each of you is precious in God's eyes

Pope asks to not attack medical personnel in war, nor use heath as a political arm

Pope's endearing Christmas encounter with children receiving Vatican aid

Pope warns in World Day of the Poor: Living life in a hurry leads to a “throwaway culture”

Pope: value of health profession involves combining competence and compassion

Pope celebrates Mass for Missionary Month: make His disciples, not yours

Pope Francis' emotional visit to “Nuovi Orizzonti” community of Chiara Amirante

Pope regrets health rights are guaranteed to few and forbidden to many

Pope in Mass with migrants and refugees: It's not just a social issue, they are people

Pope to FAO: the tragedy of hunger is caused by the lack of compassion

Pope Francis will celebrate Mass for migrants on the anniversary of his visit to Lampedusa

World Refugee Day: Pope Francis denounces situation of people forced to escape their country

“Fe y Alegría:” a Jesuit initiative promoting social integration for more than 60 years

Vatican presents pope's message for Third World Day of the Poor: they are not parasites of society

Pope at Mass with Caritas Internationalis: Jesus doesn't want the Church to be a perfect model

Sant'Egidio say people continue to suffer in Mozambique after Cyclone Idai

Rome's Jesuit Centro Astalli, a safe-haven for 15,000 refugees in Italy

Pope Francis in Mass with refugees: fear is the origin of slavery and dictatorship

August 2023: Over 1 million youth gather with Pope Francis for World Youth Day

“When I received the WYD cross and Marian icon, I thought, 'This is finally a reality!'”

Young people from Portugal receive the WYD Cross

WYD cross will be delivered to young people in Portugal this Sunday

Official image of WYD Lisbon 2023 is presented

Portugal's ambassador: WYD will put Lisbon back in the spotlight for Catholics

Card. Farrell on WYD Portugal: Our Lady of Fatima will be included

Panama Vocations: over 700 boys want to become priests, and 650 girls, nuns

Pope Francis' best messages in Panama

Pope Francis during press conference on plane: Venezuela, celibacy, sex education...

Best images of Pope Francis in Panama

Pope bids farewell to Panama

Pope to WYD volunteers: Thank you for making possible the multiplication of hope

Pope's emotional visit to an HIV center

Pope at WYD Closing Mass: If we lack love, we have nothing. God, make us fall in love!

Pope calls for peaceful and just solution to crisis in Venezuela

The next WYD will be in...

Pope vigil with youth: Be like Mary, the “influencer” of God

Italian music band “Il Volo” sing the Hail Mary prayer

Heart-warming music played during the vigil with young people in Panama

Pope praises pro-life initiative in Poland

Pope dedicates weekly catechesis to the virtue that “makes us love our enemies”

Little girl takes center stage with Pope Francis during his speech

Pope prepares for trip to Papua New Guinea by meeting with indigenous leader

Pope Francis: “We sin against hope when we remain anchored in the past”

Pope asks for prayers for his home country on day of patron saint of Argentina

Pope Francis calls faith the “virtue that makes a Christian”

Pope Francis: “Young soldiers go to war in Ukraine to die”

Pope Francis preaches catechesis on “the virtues being “infused by God”

“Think of children in Gaza, machine-gunned; those in Ukraine who are no longer smiling”

Pope Francis: “Torture is not human”

Couple celebrating 60 years of marriage finally meet Pope Francis

Fortitude: the virtue that helps us fight our internal and external enemies

Pope Francis challenged pilgrims: “A Christian without courage is useless”

Pope shows rosary and bible of a Ukrainian soldier killed at age 23

Pope Francis on justice: “It is the antidote against corruption”

Patience does not mean “a stoic endurance of suffering”

Pope Francis honors Israeli and Palestinian fathers who lost their daughters in the conflict

“The Christian life requires simplicity and, at the same time, cleverness”

Pope Francis still unable to read speech but does not miss General Audience

Pope from Venice: “Without care, this natural scenery could cease to exist”

Pope Francis seen by boat on the canals of Venice

Pope: “There is joy and suffering united in the feminine, in a unique way that we must listen to”

Prisoners to the Pope in Venice: “Your visit will bring us many blessings”

Pope Francis lands in Venice and visits a women's prison

This is the special connection between Venice and the Vatican

Francis to make the longest trip of his pontificate at 87 years of age

Why is Pope Francis traveling to Venice?

Pope Francis to embark on yet another trip this year: Venice

Former Chilean president who had met with popes killed in helicopter accident

Pope Francis: trip to Argentina is “between parentheses”

Pope Francis will travel to Trieste, Italy and begin visiting parishes again

Pope reunites with Kazakhstan President over 1 year after his trip to the country

Where will Pope Francis travel in 2024?

September, 2023: Pope Francis' two trips and the creation of 21 new cardinals

August 2023: Over 1 million youth gather with Pope Francis for World Youth Day

April 2023: An unusual Easter Week for Pope Francis

February 2023: Francis becomes first pope to visit South Sudan

January 2023: the whole world remembers Pope Benedict XVI

Vatican Confidential: Sex abuse, Sickness and Synods: Papal Challenges For 2024