Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. People hold statuettes of baby Jesus as they look at a giant screen in St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican ...

26, 2024. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Thursday, Dec ...

The pope has contracted a cold and will skip his usual outdoor Sunday prayer, instead giving the blessing indoors just days ahead of his Christmas Eve and Day Masses, the Vatican said Saturday.

"I am praying for all of you," Pope Francis said ... Francis also assured the people of Los Angeles of his prayers as the fires continued to cause death and destruction. "Entrusting the souls ...

Pope Francis expressed his condolences Saturday to Los Angeles communities affected by devastating wildfires that have destroyed homes and churches, including the historic Corpus Christi Catholic ...

V. Let us pray for our Sovereign Pontiff Benedict XVI. R. The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth, and deliver him not to the will of his enemies.

12 to pray the Angelus with him. In a telegram released by the Vatican the previous day, Pope Francis also assured the people of Los Angeles of his prayers as the fires continued to cause death ...

Pope Francis gives his blessing to people gathered in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican for the recitation of the Angelus prayer Jan. 12, 2025. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As ...

The practice was reestablished in 1300 by Pope Boniface VIII, who, inspired by his predecessor Pope Celestine V’s ... Holy Communion, and prayer for the intentions of the Pope.

VATICAN— Pope Francis expressed his condolences Saturday to Los Angeles communities affected by devastating wildfires that have destroyed homes and churches, including the historic Corpus Christi ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis called for a ceasefire on all war fronts in his Sunday Angelus prayer ahead of Christmas, condemning the “cruelty” of bombing schools and hospitals in ...