This undated photograph shows a young Pope Francis, then Jorge Bergoglio, with his family. Back row, from left: his brother ...

In 2018, German artist Michael Triegel asked a homeless man in Rome to pose for a drawing, thinking that he would make an ideal model for St. Peter if he ever needed to paint the first pope.

EDITORIAL: Just how desperately we need hope in today’s troubled world was made apparent though the darkness of the events ...

In his papal bull proclaiming the Jubilee Year, the late Pope Francis emphasized the theme of hope, a much-needed virtue in a ...

Although there was a significant increase in executions in the U.S. in 2025, a smaller number of new death sentences was ...

Francesca Scorsese said directing an episode of "The Saints" about Carlo Acutis, also known as the millennial saint, ...

Here is a look back at the events of 2025.Notable US EventsJanuary 1 - Fourteen people are killed and dozens are ...

Genie Francis mourns her 'General Hospital' co-star Anthony Geary after he died Sunday. The two played married couple Luke ...

For the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and for millions of other people as well, the Catholic Church's 2025 was primarily ...

An interpreter broke down in tears while translating an 11-year-old Ukrainian boy’s testimony about his mother’s death in a ...