The 69-year-old Chicago native is resuming the papal tradition of leaving the Vatican for the hot summer months in favor of ...

As Pope Leo XIV arrives in Castel Gandolfo for his summer break, it is unlikely to be a real vacation for the new pontiff.

Before concluding, Benedict XVI announced that, just as at the beginning of his pontificate John Paul II had continued the reflections on Christian virtues begun by Pope John Paul I, in coming ...

Pope Francis presides over the funeral Mass next to the coffin of the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Thursday at St. Peter's Square at the Vatican. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) ...

The label reads, "Dedicated to the Great Son of our Homeland, Pope Benedict XVI." • Benedict XVI was the youngest of three children whose father, Joseph Sr., was a police officer.

From the time of Pope Benedict XV (1914-1922), popes have worn the Stole of the Four Evangelists, embroidered in gold with the images of Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.

The Pope prayed to God for his gift of unity and fraternity in the world. Pope Leo XIV celebrates Mass for the Solemnity of Pentecost in St. Peter's Square on June 8, 2025.

Vatican City, Jun 20, 2025 / 12:41 pm Pope Leo XIV on Friday declared 174 new martyrs, including 50 French Catholics who died in Nazi concentration camps during World War II and more than 100 ...

Pope Francis recognized a second miracle attributed to Carlo’s intercession in a decree on May 23, 2024. The miracle involved the healing of a 21-year-old girl from Costa Rica named Valeria ...

The following year, in May 2005, Benedict XVI accompanied the procession on his knees in a white, open-top vehicle that moved slowly, surrounded by a crowd of faithful praying with candles in hand.

Pope Leo XIV greets María Lía Zervino, a member of the council of the Laudato Si' Movement, and Lorna Gold, executive director, after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at The ...