Photos show Pope Francis' last appearance on Easter Day Before Francis emerged into the crowd at St. Peter's Square on Easter Sunday in his popemobile, the pope had blessed the throng from a balcony.

Pope Francis made his final public appearance on Easter Sunday, one day before his death Monday morning.

In one of his last public acts, Pope Francis gave a message of hope and peace in his Easter Sunday speech at the Vatican only hours before his death.

Pope Francis decried the numerous conflicts plaguing the planet and appealed to world leaders “not to yield to the logic of fear” in his Easter message urbi et orbi (“to the city and to the ...

Pope delighted Catholics with final appearance at Vatican, and a meeting with Vice President JD Vance, just hours before his death.

Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless thousands of people in St. Peter's Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the piazza, drawing wild cheers and ...

With the Pope having passed on Easter Monday people are now saying his death on the religious holiday is "no coincidence" and that he may have even " chosen to die" on the religious day.

In one of his last public acts, Pope Francis gave a message of hope and peace in his Easter Sunday speech at the Vatican only hours before his death.

Pope Francis Blesses Faithful at Easter Mass The pontiff, appearing frail from a balcony at St. Peter’s Basilica, blessed a crowd gathered on the square outside.

“It falls to us to proclaim this Easter hope, this ‘turning point’ where darkness becomes light,” the pope wrote in the homily, delivered by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re.

Although Pope Francis did not preside at the liturgy due to his ongoing recovery from a recent hospitalization for double pneumonia, he made a surprise appearance in the basilica about two hours ...