And so, when Pope Leo was elected to lead the Catholic Church and traces of his rich heritage began to emerge, including an ...

Cuba has long tied prisoner releases to appeals from the Vatican, with thousands of prisoners released ahead of each of the papal visits to the island by St. John Paul II in 1998, Pope Benedict ...

From Holy See to Hollywood. A noted historian dug into Pope Leo XIV‘s family tree, discovering it includes a who’s who of ...

The death of Pope Francis, the first pontiff from Latin America, is being mourned across the continent, but especially in Cuba, despite the communist government’s history of antagonism toward ...

Pope Francis died at age 88 on Monday, April 21, a day after his last public appearance during Easter festivities. He became pope in 2013. In 2015, the pope made his first trip to Cuba and the ...

Cuba said it would gradually release the prisoners “in the spirit of the Ordinary Jubilee of the year 2025 declared by His Holiness” following a “thorough analysis” of the legal and ...

HAVANA, Cuba – Pope Francis’ visit to the United States in September of 2015 was part of a larger trip to North America. Leer en español. He kicked off the historic voyage in Cuba, ...

In Ecuador, Cuba and Argentina, people gathered to remember Pope Francis. (AP/Cesar Olmos, Ariel Fernández, Milexsy Durán and ...

Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Jan. 19, 2025.