At Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica on Dec. 24, 2024, he could be seen wearing what appeared to be hearing devices. The Vatican said on Jan. 16 that Pope Francis had suffered a ...

At Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica on Dec. 24, he is seen wearing what appears to be hearing devices. The Vatican says on Jan. 16 that Pope Francis suffered a “contusion” on his ...

Pope Francis celebrates Christmas Eve Mass in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican on December 24, 2024.

COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

Pope Francis has increasingly shown his age in recent years, as he now almost always uses a wheelchair to move around and has occasional problems with breathlessness. At Christmas Eve Mass in St.

19, 2025. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S.

Pope Francis opened the final Holy Door at St. Peter’s Basilica, marking the start of the Jubilee of Hope. With the theme ...

Pope Francis said he was "deeply saddened" by the tragic shooting in a Swedish school ... including a gunman, were killed in the deadliest mass shooting in the country's history Feb. 4. In a statement ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said Donald Trump’s plans to impose mass deportations of immigrants would be a “disgrace,” as he weighed in on the incoming U.S. president’s pledges nearly a dec ...

Pope Francis has divulged some of the behind-the-scenes dynamics of the secret 2013 conclave that elected him pope and the resistance he has encountered. (AP video by Paolo Lucariello) Argentina’s ...