Pope Francis has opened the great Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica. The ceremony kicks off the 2025 Holy Year.

Madonna has stoked controversy after she shared two AI-generated photos of herself and Pope Francis. The 66-year-old Queen of ...

Pope Francis on Dec. 24 officially launched the Vatican's 2025 Jubilee Year, encouraging Christians to use the milestone ...

The future of public media depends on viewers like you. VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis in his traditional Christmas message on Wednesday urged “all people of all nations” to find courage ...

Madonna’s first photo shared on her Instagram story featured the singer, 66, snuggled next to Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, while wearing a black lace dress. Pope Francis looked ...

This is not like a prayer. Madonna had fans in a frenzy after she shared AI-generated photos of her and Pope Francis getting handsy on her Instagram Story Friday night. The first photo depicted ...

Francis wrote that the next day he asked an official what had happened to the ... The group wrote: "The iconic photo of Pope Francis in Iraq in 2021. The church was destroyed previously by ISIS ...

Several Snopes readers wrote in asking whether Pope Francis appeared with the Nativity. The photos of the Pope with the Nativity ... Vatican News, the official news source of the Vatican, wrote that ...

Pope Francis called for peace around the world and for global conflicts to end in his annual “Urbi et Orbi” Christmas message to the faithful. Speaking from the central balcony of St. Peter ...

(photo: Simone Risoluti / Vatican Media) Andrea Gagliarducci Vatican December 9, 2024 On Nov. 25, Pope Francis published a note reiterating — and in an official sense, formalizing — his ...