December 24, 2014: Pope Francis leads the traditional Christmas Eve Mass at St. Peter's Basilica, delivering a message of humility and compassion. He urged the faithful to resist materialism and ...

A no-frills Pope who was determined to make the Church more inclusive - here are some of the most striking images from the 88-year-old’s life and papacy ... In his Christmas message of 2022 ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — World leaders and rank-and-file Catholic faithful bade farewell to Pope Francis in a funeral ... his first Mass in the basilica on Christmas Day in 1538.

The streets of Rome were packed with hundreds of thousands of mourners on Saturday, as the casket of Pope Francis proceeded ... In the exclusive Vanity Fair images below, award-winning ...

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(Getty Images: Gamma-Rapho) Pope Francis would go on to hold the position ... of arms and overcome divisions," he said in his final Christmas Day address in 2024. Pope Francis visited then US ...

Vatican Pool/Getty Images Pope Francis held the church's position ... Just four years after his election, in his 2017 Christmas address, he lectured cardinals and bishops for obstructing his ...

Defining images of the first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church Defining images of the first Latin American to lead the Catholic Church Pope Francis ... In his Christmas message of 2022 ...

Pope Francis delivers the Urbi et Orbi message and blessing to the city and the world from the main balcony of St. Peter's Basilica as part of Christmas celebrations in December 2024. In his Urbi ...