Pope Francis meets with inmates during his visit to the Regina Coeli penitentiary in Rome on Holy Thursday, Thursday, April 17, 2025. (Vatican Media via AP, HO) Pope Francis called on the faithful to reflect and become messengers and builders of hope “even as so many winds of death still...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and health workers on Sunday, marking his first public appearance at the Vatican since leaving t he hospital two weeks ago after a life-threatening bout with pneumonia....
National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians Parish (Facebook) Pope Francis has elevated the National Shrine of Mary Help of Christians in Parañaque City to the status of a minor basilica, which makes it the first minor basilica in the 22-year-old Diocese of Parañaque. The Catholic Bishops'...
Sta. Cruz Parish Church in Manila (S SS CONGREGATIO/CBCP) Sta. Cruz Parish Church in Manila has been granted the title of minor basilica by Pope Francis, making it the 25th church in the Philippines to receive this honor. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) confirmed...
HALLELUJAH GELATO – The day before the European Day of the artisanal ice cream, pilgrims and tourists are offered free jubilee-inspired Hallelujah ice cream as they arrive at the Vatican, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ROME (AP) — "Hallelujah!" That's what...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A frail Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday after a five-week hospitalization for life-threatening double pneumonia, and he made a surprise stop at his favorite basilica on the way home before beginning two months of prescribed rest and recovery. Pope Francis waves...
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the new apostolic nuncio to the European Union. (Screenshot/Diocese of Surigao/CBCP) Pope Francis has appointed a native of Bohol as the new Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union (EU). On its website, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)...
Pope Francis (AP/File) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said in a letter published Tuesday that his lengthy illness has helped make "more lucid" to him the absurdity of war, as his top deputy rejected any suggestion of resignation and Buckingham Palace announced plans for an upcoming audience with...
This picture released by the Vatican Press Office shows Pope Francis concelebrating a mass inside his private chapel at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Sunday, March 16, 2025. (Vatican Press Office, Via AP) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is registering new slight improvements in...
Britain's King Charles III waves as he arrives for a visit to University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is scheduled to have an audience with Pope Francis during a state visit next...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis continues his recovery from double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital with the Vatican expected to issue the traditional Sunday Angelus prayer as a written text for the fifth straight week. The pope typically delivers the Angelus from a window overlooking St....
Pope Francis (AP/File) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ' recovery from double pneumonia continued Wednesday as a chest X-ray confirmed improvement, two days after doctors declared he's no longer in imminent danger of death. The latest medical bulletin said the pope's condition remained...
