Pope Leo XIV closed his first public blessing as pontiff with a Hail Mary, after invoking the feast day of Our Lady of Pompei. On his first papal trip, he went to the Sanctuary of Our Mother of Good ...

Pope Francis, who took his name from the patron saint of ecology -- St. Francis of Assisi -- died the day before Earth Day ...

The feast of St. Rita of Cascia, celebrated May 22, reminds us of the healing power of prayer, penance and forgiveness — and ...

Renaissance painter’s fresco cycle depicting the life of the saint in Assisi, Italy, took an innovative, vibrant approach to ...

As such, Francis valued the Ignatian ideals — inspired by St. Ignatius of Loyola ... Francis, who died Easter Monday — the feast day of the angel who announced Jesus’ resurrection to ...

Pope Francis attends a feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the patron saint of ecology, at the Vatican, Oct. 4, 2019 (AP photo by Alessandra Tarantino). The fact that the Trump-Zelenskyy meeting took ...

Pope Francis additionally expanded the universal liturgical calendar of the Roman rite with both obligatory and optional memorials and other remembrances of a wide diversity of saints, as well as the ...

Vatican City, 29 April, 2025 / 1:00 pm (ACI Africa). On the feast of St. Catherine of Siena in 2021, Pope Francis expressed his hope that the “great female figure of faith” would continue to inspire a ...

Stepping out onto the central balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica as Pope Francis, a name he chose in honor of St ... On the evening vigil of the Oct. 7 feast day of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Holy ...

Speaking during an April 27 Mass in St. Peter’s Square ... Referring to the feast of Divine Mercy, he called Pope Francis “a shining witness of a Church that bends down with tenderness ...

Though presidents and princes attended the Mass in St. Peter’s Square, prisoners and migrants welcomed Francis' coffin at his final resting place in a basilica across town. According to Vatican ...