Pope Francis said in his Christmas message Friday that fraternity is a watchword for these unusually troubled times exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. "At this moment in history, marked by ...

When Francis celebrated his first Christmas as pope in 2013, war loomed large in the world and over his young papacy. When he stepped out on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica on Christmas Day to ...

Flanked by children, Pope Francis carries a figurine of the baby Jesus to be placed in the Nativity scene in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Dec. 24, 2023. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) ...

People wait for Pope Francis to deliver his traditional Christmas Day Urbi et Orbi speech to the city and the world from the main balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican, on December 25 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis says the Christmas season provides reason for hope amid the difficulties of the coronavirus pandemic. During his Sunday blessing, Francis noted that the Vatican ...

Pope Francis calls for peace in his Christmas prayers 00:24. Pope Francis on Monday blasted the weapons industry and its "instruments of death" that fuel wars, as he made a Christmas Day appeal ...

In his Christmas Mass address Sunday, he said the word of God is being drowned out by the violence in Gaza. Pope Francis has called for a ceasefire multiple times since the war started on Oct. 7.

Pope Francis opened the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica before Mass on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, 2024, officially launching the Jubilee Year 2025. | Vatican Media ...

Pope Francis delivers his Urbi et Orbi Message to the World from the central loggia of St. Peters Basilica at The Vatican on December 25, 2024 in Vatican City, Vatican.

Pope Francis arrives to exchange the season's greetings with Vatican employees, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican, Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024. Andrew Medichini / AP ...