The Vatican Publishing House will release The Private Diary of Pope Francis, a book by Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández, on 24 November in five ...

On April 21, 2025, the bells of St. Peter’s Basilica tolled for Pope Francis, marking the end of his life and his 12-year papacy. As the 265th successor of St. Peter, the Argentinian pontiff left a ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of ...

Martin Scorsese and Pope Francis on the set of "Aldeas" Credit: Aldeas Scholas Films Martin Scorsese’s new documentary, “Aldeas, the Final Dream of Pope Francis,” premiered on Tuesday, April 21, at a ...

Upon his election to the papacy, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to hail from Latin America. His impact, though, stretched far beyond his home country of Argentina. When elected to the papacy, ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Journal entries kept by Pope Francis before and during his papacy will be published this fall for the first time. Image, an imprint of Penguin Random House Christian Publishing Group, ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — A year after Pope Francis’ death, the enduring mark of his papacy is how he changed the Church’s understanding of itself — and its place in the world. VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope ...

As April 21 marks the first anniversary of the passing of Pope Francis, his lasting impact on Asia and on the region’s role in the transformation of Catholicism is coming into light. Francis’ ...

VATICAN CITY -- A hard-headed hospital nun who disobeyed a doctor's orders saved the life of Pope Francis some six decades ago when he risked dying of pneumonia, the Pope reveals in a new book.

Pope Francis' funeral mass took place at St. Peter’s Square, followed by a procession and cortège to the Papal Basilica … Highlights following the election by the Conclave of Cardinals of Archbishop ...