Pope Francis drew a record six million people as he celebrated mass in the rain-swept Philippine capital Sunday, a triumphant finale to an Asian tour in which he championed the plight of the poor.

Pope Francis is coming off a similar visit to Sri Lanka that included a meeting with the state’s newly-elected president and his canonization of Sri Lanka’s first saint, the Rev. Joseph Vas, an Indian ...

By all appearances, a vehicle born in the Philippines has once again found itself at the center of a historic moment in the life of the Catholic Church. In some of Pope Leo XIV’s travels during his ...

The late Pope Francis left more than just a good name when he passed away last year, in 2025. He left a living legacy through Scholas Occurrentes, the movement he started while still a cardinal in ...

Cardinal Tagle, papal contender, seen as 'Asian Pope Francis' Tagle would be first Filipino pontiff Widely seen as wanting to continue Francis' reforms Friends praise humour, charm, approachability ...

As people in the Philippines mourned the loss of more than 200 people and massive damage from a typhoon in early November and were bracing for an even more powerful storm, Pope Leo XIV offered his ...

MANILA — On a balmy night outside Manila’s Baclaran church, Gerald Concepcion, 32, and his fellow devotees were decorating a float of the Virgin Mary with fragrant lilies and pink carnations. He added ...