Even in death, Pope Francis remained a trailblazer — becoming the only pontiff to open, but not close, the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in what has become a fateful symbol of his papal ...

Even in death, Pope Francis remained a trailblazer — becoming the only pontiff to open, but not close, the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica in what has become a fateful symbol of his papal ...

The Vatican announced on Feb. 24 that cardinals in Rome would lead a nightly Rosary for Pope Francis with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin presiding over the inaugural gathering.

A couple stands in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, Monday, Feb. 24, 2025. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue) This was the first time a special saying of the rosary was recited for the pope, Vatican ...

Pope Francis remained in the hospital on Saturday recovering from double pneumonia as the Vatican’s Holy Year proceeded without him. "The night passed quietly, the pope is resting," the Vatican ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis launched a marathon to pray the rosary every day in the Marian month of May to ask for the end of the pandemic. The event highlights the pope’s own devotion ...

VATICAN CITY — As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St. Peter’s and by the hospital to pray the rosary for him.

Vatican City, May 25, 2020 / 09:04 am. Pope Francis will pray the rosary in the Vatican Gardens' Lourdes grotto on Saturday, as Catholic shrines from around the world join via video streaming.

Pope Francis Death News: Pope Francis died on Monday aged 88, a day after making a much hoped-for appearance at Saint Peter's Square on Easter Sunday, the Vatican said in a statement. Pope Francis ...

A quote from Pope Francis: "The prayer of the rosary is, in many ways, the synthesis of the history of God's mercy, which becomes a history of salvation for all who let themselves be shaped by grace.

Pope Francis is brought on stage in St. Peter's Square by his nurse, Massimiliano Strappetti, at the end of the closing Mass for the Jubilee of the Sick and Health Care Workers at the Vatican ...

Francis visited the same Roman prison on Holy Thursday in 2018 to celebrate the mass “In Coena Domini” ... Pope Francis returns to Vatican after first appearance since Feb. 14 hospitalization.