VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the piazza, ...

VATICAN CITY -- Celebrating Easter Sunday, Christianity's most joyous and hopeful day, Pope Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine and Syria and for an end to the terrorist attacks in Nigeria that have ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) -- U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly Sunday with Pope Francis to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration's migrant ...

‘He was making a tiny pilgrimage of hope himself, just to come out on that balcony’ on Easter Sunday, the day before he died. The MacIver family smiles in Rome, with St. Peter’s Basilica in background ...

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(NewsNation) — In his final hours, Pope Francis shared an Easter message dedicated to peace in the world. Francis did not preside over the Vatican’s Easter Mass as he was limiting his workload since ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The contrast couldn’t be greater. Perhaps God orchestrated Pope Francis and Donald Trump to be ...

Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced. The pope ...

Just as quickly as news spread that Pope Francis died on Monday, April 21, after a long health battle, so did the commentary around his public meeting with United States Vice President JD Vance on ...

Thousands turn out to hear annual message. — -- On a rainy afternoon in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis urged the world to pray for peace and for Christians to be more humble in his annual ...