Pope Francis tenderly comforted a young boy named Emanuele during a visit to St. Paul of the Cross Parish on the outskirts ... called out Italy’s far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini ...

Francis led the Catholic church for ... Italy's interior minister Matteo Piantedosi said: "We estimate not fewer than 400,000 people between those present in St Peter's Square and those along ...

Those first-place students were St. Francis Parish School eighth-graders Maximus Hernandez and Eli Ozcan, both 14. "Incredible achievement alert!" the school wrote last week on its Facebook page ...

When he was elevated to the papacy in 2013, Pope Francis was widely expected to shake up the Catholic Church, to liberals ... for Pope Francis at mass in St Peter’s Square on March 9, following ...

Several students from Kern County stood out for their innovative research and scientific curiosity at the 2025 California Science & Engineering Fair held earlier this month in Southern California ...

When Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected to lead the Catholic church in 2013, he chose the papal name Francis, after the 13th-century figure St. Francis of Assisi, known as the patron saint of ...

that he is in heaven." Thousands of people also streamed past Francis' tomb on Sunday at St. Mary Major Basilica, a 1,600-year-old church and shrine to the Virgin Mary a few miles from the Vatican ...

Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St ... of Francis’ 12-year project to radically reform the papacy, to stress priests as servants and to construct “a poor church for the ...

as locals at Saint Francis Church shared how his leadership touched their lives and inspired a legacy of compassion. The Bakersfield community gathered at Saint Francis Church to honor Pope ...

Jason Horowitz In a solemn and majestic funeral on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica, the Roman Catholic Church on Saturday laid to rest Pope Francis, the first South American pontiff ...

St. Thomas the Apostle, the sister parish to St. Timothy’s, will be holding a memorial mass for Pope Francis on Tuesday at 7 p.m. They said all are welcome to attend.