VATICAN CITY -- Celebrating Easter Sunday, Christianity's most joyous and hopeful day, Pope Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine and Syria and for an end to the terrorist attacks in Nigeria that have ...

NEW YORK -- Pope Francis arrived in New York City Thursday evening and made his first stop at St. Patrick's Cathedral where he led the evening prayers, or vespers. LIVE UPDATES: Pope Francis in the ...

ISTANBUL (CNS) – Pope Leo XIV, like his two immediate predecessors, visited the so-called Blue Mosque in Turkey’s capital; he spent about 20 minutes inside but did not appear to pause for prayer as ...

The pope also said that Europe should be involved in security guarantees for Ukraine after meeting with Ukrainian President ...

In the cathedral of Buenos Aires, where Francis was once archbishop, the faithful gathered to pray for the pope Pope Francis's condition "remains critical", the Vatican said Sunday on his 10th day in ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV will lead the Regina Coeli prayer from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, in his second official public appearance since becoming the leader of the Catholic ...

Participating in the ecumenical Season of Creation, Pope Leo XIV's prayer intention for the month of September is "for our relationship with all of creation." In his monthly video, distributed Sept. 2 ...

''As our Earth continues to be wounded by wars in the Holy Land, in Ukraine, and in many other regions of the world, I invite all the faithful to live the day of August 22 in fasting and prayer, ...

The pope suggested he was uncomfortable with “the style of prayer in that time and place,” adding, “In fact, I prefer to pray ...

Pope Leo XIV visited a historic mosque in Turkey during his first foreign trip — and although he customarily took off his shoes, the pontiff declined to join in prayer, according to reports. The ...

Pope Leo XIV has offered a silent prayer at the site of the 2020 Beirut port explosion as he wraps up his first foreign trip ...