Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square in June 2014. (Photo: Alfredo Borba/Wikimedia Commons) What can the pope represent for non-Catholic Christians? The question is worth asking ...

VATICAN CITY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Wednesday that he is suffering from a "strong cold", and asked an aide to read his prepared message for his weekly general audience at the Vatican.

Pope Francis said Monday that Blessed Carlo Acutis shows young people that “the fullness of life” in today’s world is found in following Jesus. Speaking to Catholic pilgrims from Sweden ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis greets Cardinal Anders Arborelius during a meeting with a group of pilgrims from the ...

Almost 50 years before Rosa Parks defied segregation laws on an Alabama bus, another civil rights activist, Barbara Pope, refused to leave the “whites only” compartment of a passenger train ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis’ aide leans down to pick up the the handle of the Pope’s walking stick after it snapped as ...

LEXINGTON, Ky. — Mark Pope rides the elevator at Rupp Arena to the third floor, takes the stairs to the upper deck and keeps climbing. He stops at Row Q in Section 213, turns to his left and ...

Even in the secular age of the present, the pope remains one of the most important and influential religious figures in the world. Given the importance that the pope has been accorded and the ...

VATICAN CITY — In his new book Hope: The Autobiography, co-written by the Italian author Carlo Musso, Pope Francis gives a vivid and compelling account of an inspiring testimony to faith-filled ...

A composite image of Donald Trump's border czar Tom Homan, left, in New York City, New York, December 12, 2024, and Pope Francis, right, in the Vatican City, January 26, 2025. A composite image of ...