Pope Francis rang in 2023 with prayers for his late predecessor at a special New Year’s Day mass. Francis delivered the invocation during his homily at St. Peter’s Basilica, where Pope ...

with Pope Francis presiding over the event and honoring his predecessor’s courage. Thousands watched and mourned and bells tolled as pallbearers carried Benedict's cypress coffin from St. Peter ...

We do not have to be perfect already to live in a way that gives witness to Christ and attracts others to him, Pope Francis said on Wednesday. At his weekly public audience on Jan. 11, Francis ...

Pope Francis, who has led the Catholic Church since his election in 2013, following Benedict's surprise resignation, led the funeral Mass. The historic funeral capped a chapter of Catholic Church ...

Back in 2017 I began working on a documentary about the impact Pope Francis was having on the Catholic Church and the world. We were approaching the 5th anniversary of his election and it seemed ...

Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor former Pope Benedict XVI Thursday, in a funeral attended by tens of thousands of mourners at St. Peter’s Square. The event marked the first occasion ...

Pope Francis came out onto St. Peter’s Square this morning being pushed in a wheelchair for the funeral of his predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI. The 86-year-old pontiff stood several times as he ...

Vatican City — Pope Francis prayed for his predecessor's passage to heaven and again expressed thanks for a lifetime of service to the church, during New Year's Day appearances a day after Pope ...

Pope Francis spoke of friendship, a sustaining force amid a "shipwreck" of life. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis on Thursday paid homage to his friend and retired predecessor, Pope Emeritus ...

Pope Francis praised Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI for his "acute and gentle thought" on Wednesday at the Vatican. "His acute and gentle thought was not self-referential, but ecclesial, because he ...

Jan. 5 (UPI) --About 50,000 people attended the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI Thursday at St. Peter's Square as Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor. It marked the first occasion ...

In his address, he quoted Benedict XVI: “The Church … grows by ‘attraction.’” Pope Francis stops to pray before an image of Our Lady and the Child Jesus during his weekly general ...