Flowers are laid in memory of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday, April 21, 2025. / Credit: Kristina Millare/CNA By Hannah Brockhaus Vatican City, Apr 21, 2025 / 13:48 pm (CNA).

The body of Pope Francis lies in state at the Vatican's Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel, surrounded by Swiss Guards, cardinals, and Vatican officials paying their respects before his transfer to St.

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Patti Smith met Pope Leo XIV on Friday at the Vatican, with the singer and the pontiff, two Chicago natives, sitting down for a 40-minute conversation Just days after Smith performed in Rome, she ...

The Pope will lead a moment of prayer during the “Canticle of Peace” concert in Castel Gandolfo on July 29. Pope Leo XIV and Italian tenor Andrea Bocelli attend the inauguration of the Laudato Si’ ...

President Trump is set to mark the 250th anniversary of the United States today with an elaborate celebration in Washington, D.C., featuring military flyovers and a fireworks display that organizers ...

About eight-in-ten U.S. Catholics (78%) have a favorable view of Pope Leo XIV, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. That’s down slightly from summer 2025, when 84% of U.S. Catholics ...

Vice President JD Vance says his meeting last year with Vatican diplomats in Rome was “unsettling” as the officials uttered what he describes as “trite platitudes” and “clichés,” adding that he ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Pope Leo XIV offered his formal blessing Wednesday to the highest spire of what is now the world’s tallest church, holding Mass at the iconic Sagrada Família in Barcelona. The event ...

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