Throughout his 12-year pontificate, Francis was an advocate for the poor and many saw his papacy as the start of a new era for the Catholic church, marked by greater inclusion and acceptance.

Pope Leo XIV is also enacting a plan to build a solar farm that would make Vatican City the world’s first carbon-neutral ...

Pope Leo XIV celebrated on Wednesday what has been dubbed the first “green” papal Mass, using a new set of prayers imploring care for God’s creation in a sign he intends to emphasize environmental ...

With Laudato Si’: On the Care of Our Common Home, Pope Francis echoed the words of St. Francis of Assisi, who considered all of creation “like a sister with whom we share our life and a ...

When Pope Francis presided over a Mass that incorporated elements of Congolese tradition in St. Peter’s Basilica in 2019, it was seen as a sign of his enduring commitment to Roman Catholics ...

VATICAN CITY — World leaders and Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral Saturday that highlighted his concern for people on the “most peripheral of the peripheries” and ...

He articulated the mission days after his 2013 election and it explained the name he chose as pope, honoring St. Francis of Assisi, “who had the heart of the poor of the world,” according to ...

What we know Pope Francis has been laid to rest in Rome’s St. Mary Major Basilica, near an icon of the Madonna that he revered because it reflected his humble and simple life. Earlier, hundreds ...

About 250,000 people attended the funeral service for Pope Francis on Saturday morning in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, before the late leader of the Catholic Church was transported to the ...

The coffin of Pope Francis is carried out of St Peter’s Basilica during his funeral, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Saturday, April 26, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ...

Pope Francis, the 266th head of the Roman Catholic Church, died on April 21 at the age of 88. Trump, Macron, Zelenskyy, and other world leaders attended the funeral Mass on Saturday. Over 250,000 ...