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.

 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

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

 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


Pope Francis suggests international study into possible genocide in Gaza

In excerpts published on Sunday from a new forthcoming book, the pontiff said some international experts say "what is happening in Gaza has the characteristics of a genocide."

 Pope Francis looks on, at a mass to open the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, October 2, 2024.

Rome gears up for 2025 Jubilee with major renovations and record tourist influx

Visiting Rome nowadays is like entering a huge construction site. “Rome wasn’t built in a day,” but the Eternal City doesn’t have the time anymore, as only a few weeks remain. 

 ELEGANT AND chic atmosphere in the reception area of the Leonardo Boutique Hotel Rome Termini.

Pope Francis meets wounded Israeli soldier, Sheba Medical Center leaders at Vatican

A Vatican official arranged the encounter in Sheba, where he met with civilians and soldiers injured in the ongoing conflict, including Alon Kaminer, an Israeli soldier.

 Pope meets with Israeli soldier

Pope Francis calls for worldwide peace to mark anniversary of Hamas attack

Last year, before the massacre, Pope Francis urged Israelis and Palestinians to foster a "climate of trust."

 Pope Francis looks on, at a mass to open the Synod of Bishops in St. Peter's square at the Vatican, October 2, 2024.

Pope Francis calls Israeli strikes in Lebanon 'beyond morality'

Pope Francis condemns Israeli airstrikes in Lebanon, urging military actions to remain moral and proportional while expressing concern for civilians affected by the conflict.

 Pope Francis looks on from a balcony, on the day he delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (To the city and the world) message at St. Peter's Square, on Easter Sunday, at the Vatican March 31, 2024.

Pope Francis: 'I stand with Rachel Goldberg-Polin during this time'

He called for the end of the conflict in Palestine and Israel to cease, the end of violence, and the end of hatred.

 Pope Francis looks on from a balcony, on the day he delivers his "Urbi et Orbi" (To the city and the world) message at St. Peter's Square, on Easter Sunday, at the Vatican March 31, 2024.

Pope decries Gazan deaths, criticizes both US candidates aboard flight

The pontiff also expressed doubt that either Israel or Hamas, now at war for eleven months, were seeking to end the conflict.

 Pope Francis reacts during the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 20, 2024.

ISIS attack on Pope Francis in Jakarta thwarted: Indonesian police detain terror org. members

Detachment 88 has been commended for its efforts in thwarting numerous terrorist plots and making key arrests across the country.

 Pope Francis is taken past a guard of honour ahead of his departure from Jakarta Soekarno-Hatta International Airport, Indonesia, Friday, Sept. 6, 2024.

Pope Francis says refusing aid to migrants a 'grave sin'

Pope Francis condemned the refusal to aid migrants crossing the Mediterranean and called for global migration governance based on justice and solidarity.

 Pope Francis holds the weekly general audience at the Vatican, August 28, 2024.

S. Africa Chief Rabbi slams Pope, Archbishop on Israel, western values

Goldstein said Welby was acting in opposition to the bible when he came out in support of the July 19 International Court of Justice advisory opinion.

 (L-R) South African Chief Rabbi Warren Goldstein, Pope Francis