More than 250,000 palm and olive branches and more than 20,000 pilgrims filled St. Peter's Square for Palm Sunday at the Vatican — and finally, as the Mass concluded, Pope Francis was there, too. The ...
A convalescing Pope Francis made a surprise in-person appearance when he greeted the crowd in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday, another reassuring sign of his recovery from a life-threatening battle ...
Pope Francis greets a cardinal as he makes a surprise appearance in St. Peter's Square at the end of Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican April 13, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) An air of excitement swept ...
Rallying from a winter-long bout of respiratory problems, Pope Francis led some 60,000 people in Easter celebrations Sunday and made a strong appeal for a cease-fire in Gaza and a prisoner swap ...
Pope Francis waives to faithful and cardinals at the end of Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter’s Square on April 13, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media/Screenshot.) Listen ROME – As the Catholic Church begins ...
LONDON and ROME -- Pope Leo XIV spoke on Sunday of the remarkable times during which he's been elevated to the papacy, saying in his first homily as pontiff that he will rise to the task "with fear ...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Leo XIV officially opened his pontificate as history’s first American pope on Sunday, presiding over an inaugural Mass in St. Peter’s Square before tens of thousands of people ...
Pope Leo XIV celebrated Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter’s Square on Sunday with international pilgrims belonging to new Church movements, associations, and communities celebrating ...
Pope Francis greets the faithfully at the end of Mass for the Palm Sunday Mass in St. pater's Square at the Vatican. Evandro Inetti/ZUMA Press Wire/dpa Pope Francis made a surprise public appearance ...