Pope Francis prayed that the Jubilee Year may become ... he called for “the silencing” of the guns in the Middle East, Ukraine, Myanmar and Sudan and to respond to the humanitarian ...

Pope Francis Sunday described the ongoing Israeli ... children hit by machine guns, schools and hospitals bombed... What great cruelty,” he said. The pontiff also addressed the ongoing war ...

Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire on all war fronts in his Sunday prayer ahead of Christmas celebrations, condemning ...

People hold statuettes of baby Jesus as they look at a giant screen in St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, showing Pope Francis reciting the Angelus noon prayer from his Santa Marta Residence ...

Pope Francis has opened the great Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. The ceremony kicks off the 2025 Holy Year.

Pope Francis, the leader of the Roman Catholic Church, delivered the "Urbi et Orbi" Christmas message and blessing from the ...

A U.S. Army veteran who drove a pickup truck into a crowd of New Year's revelers in New Orleans, killing 15 people, had ...

Pope Francis on Sunday lamented the ongoing war and violence affecting families in Gaza and other parts of the world in the lead-up to Christmas and called for a “ceasefire on all war fronts.” ...

Pope Francis delivers his Urbi et Orbi Message to the World from the central loggia of St. Peters Basilica at The Vatican on December 25, 2024 in Vatican City, Vatican. (Photo by Alessandra ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis called for a ceasefire on all war fronts in his Sunday Angelus prayer ahead of Christmas, condemning the “cruelty” of bombing schools and hospitals in Ukraine and ...

The 88-year-old Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, officially launching ...