This year marks the 10th anniversary of Pope Francis' landmark encyclical, "Laudato Si', On Care for Our Common Home,” issued on May 24, 2015, Pentecost Sunday.

The 17-year-old said she and her friends were devastated when Pope Francis passed, but she hopes to honor his legacy through community advocacy. “ (Pope Francis) really spoke for all of us ...

Were you to have asked Pope Francis to name his favorite book, he would probably have said the Bible. Asked for his favorite novel, however, he might have mentioned a dystopian thriller in which ...

For this reason, Pope Francis convened the inaugural World Leaders Summit on Children’s Rights at the Vatican earlier this year, which sought to advance children’s protection from violence and ...

Pope Francis explained his decision as “a need to live my life with others” in a 2013 interview. The late pope said the papal apartment is “old, tastefully decorated and large, but not ...

Thank you for this concise and beautiful explanation of Pope Francis as a Jesuit. There is no doubt that he touched many lives around the world, and your words put his actions more clearly into focus.

An archive of Francis' posts is available on Instagram. Pope Benedict XVI was the first pope to have a social media account. He made his first post on Twitter (now X) on Dec. 12, 2012.

Perhaps the Francis-haters in politics are the ones crying now. They will never be as beloved or influential as Pope Francis. The newcomer, Pope Leo XIV, will see to that. Rest in power, Pope Francis.

Pope Leo XIV led the Regina caeli prayer — often spoken during the time between Easter Sunday and Pentecost — in St. Peter's Basilica on Sunday, May 11. The pontiff, who was elected on May 8 ...

Pope Leo XIV gave the world a brief speech on Thursday, May 8, 2025, after being elected by the College of Cardinals. His speech drew similarities and differences from Pope Francis.

Pope Leo’s debut: ‘Clear connections’ to Francis, but ‘he’s his own man’ As much as Leo has echoed Francis, the first American pope has staked out differences, too.

Pope Leo XIV indicated on Saturday that his papacy will follow closely in the footsteps of the late Pope Francis, telling church cardinals that they should take up that “precious legacy” and ...