Pope Francis

Pope Leo scraps Francis’s Vatican fundraising panel amid budget shift

Pope Leo has dissolved the Vatican's fundraising panel, created in Francis’s final months, and ordered a review of future efforts.

DECEMBER 4, 2025|ByREUTERS

Pope Leo XIV holds a Jubilee audience on the occasion of the Jubilee of Sport, at St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican June 14, 2025.

A Palestinian works on the Vehicle of Hope, the former popemobile used by Pope Francis during its transformation into a fully equipped mobile clinic, in Bethlehem in the Israeli-occupied West Bank, May 20, 2025.

Pope Francis' popemobile turned into mobile clinic for Gaza children

"We're pleased that we have here a serious contribution towards the healthcare of children in Gaza," Caritas Secretary-General Alistair Dutton told a press conference in Bethlehem.

NOVEMBER 25, 2025|ByREUTERS

Pope Leo XIV performs a blessing during a meeting with the academic community of Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, Italy, November 14, 2025.

Vatican returns to Canada artifacts connected to Indigenous people

Catholic missionaries sent the artifacts to Rome on the occasion of a 1925 exhibition held by Pope Pius XI that displayed more than 100,000 objects.

NOVEMBER 15, 2025|ByREUTERS

Newly elected Pope Leo XIV, Cardinal Robert Prevost of the Unites States looks on from the balcony of St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, May 8, 2025.

Pope Leo, in first month, makes a break in style from Francis - analysis

"Leo is taking his time," Rev. Mark Francis, told Reuters. "While he is going to continue in the path indicated by Pope Francis, his disposition is very different."

JUNE 4, 2025|ByREUTERS

'Even Iran sent a minister': Did petty politics keep Israel from sending rep to the Pope's funeral?

Conference of European Rabbis President Pinchas Goldschmidt discusses Pope Francis' legacy on Israel and views on the Ukraine war and Israel-Hamas war.

MAY 5, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Faithful and members of the clergy attend the funeral Mass of Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, April 26, 2025.

Voices from the Arab press: Pope Francis and peace with Islam

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

MAY 3, 2025ByTHE MEDIA LINE

BILLBOARD BEARS portraits of Pope Francis and Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani, in Baghdad, March 2021 – ahead of the first-ever papal visit to Iraq.

What are the best movies on Vatican, the Pope to watch alongside next week's conclave?

Lev Cinemas is bringing back the movie Conclave just in time for next week's religious ritual.

MAY 3, 2025ByHANNAH BROWN

Will Catholic cardinals pick another outsider like Francis to be pope?

There is internal division within the Catholic church on who will lead the Vatican.

APRIL 29, 2025ByREUTERS

Worshippers take part in Mass for the late Pope Francis at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem's Old City April 23, 2025.

Vatican conclave set to convene next month, elect new Pope

Some 135 cardinals, all under the age of 80 and from across the world, are eligible to take part in the conclave.

APRIL 28, 2025ByREUTERS

begin process to elect a new pope after pope francis's passing. Illustration.

Irish pres. attacks Netanyahu over Gaza war during Pope Francis's funeral

It is not wrong to "criticise a prime minister who is strengthening an army that is in breach of international humanitarian law," President Higgins told the press.

APRIL 27, 2025ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Irish President Michael D. Higgins before a soccer match.

WATCH: Royalty and presidents joining multitude of mourners at Pope Francis' funeral

Among those attending from more than 150 countries will be US President Donald Trump, who clashed with Francis on numerous occasions over their starkly contrasting positions on immigration.

APRIL 26, 2025ByREUTERS