The Holy Father asked for the intercession of Our Lady, Queen of Peace before praying his first Angelus in the square in Latin and urging his listeners to pray for the end of conflicts in different ...

You would have thought Jesus himself were visiting our house on Thursday, May 8, as our children hopped around with excitement at the news of the white smoke rising from the Sistine Chapel. I hadn’t ...

See Holy Father’s reply to an emotional child who wanted to know if his atheist father is in heaven. The head of the Roman Catholic church had an emotional moment with the kid during a visit to a ...

In a prerecorded message, Pope Francis thanked those gathered for the rosary prayer service in St. Peter’s Square on Thursday night. “I thank you from the bottom of my heart for your prayers for my ...

When Pope John Paul II visited Chicago in 1979, an estimated 1.5 million people flocked to see the Holy Father, who said a three-hour Mass in Grant Park. This newspaper called it "the largest crowd ...