Pope Francis

Pope Francis injured his right forearm after a fall in his residence on Thursday but did not suffer any broken bones and continued on with his agenda for the day, the Vatican said. Images from the pope’s meetings on Thursday morning showed Francis using a simple cloth sling, wrapped around his neck, to…

CNN  —  One of Pope Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility, as seen in his decisions to live in a Vatican guesthouse and carry his own briefcase onto the papal plane. With the release of a new autobiography Tuesday, titled “Hope,”…

Pope Francis, who turned 88 last month and asked an aide to read a major speech last week because of a cold, says in a new book that he feels healthy and has no plans to resign as leader of the global Catholic Church. “I am well,” the pontiff states in an…

From the Irish nurse who struggled to feed him as a newborn to what he misses most from his previous life, the pontiff’s memoir is full of surprises Pope Francis as a young seminarian at Villa Devoto, Argentina. Photo: Mondadori Portfolio/ Archivio GBB The opening of Pope Francis’s memoir, a…

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden on Saturday honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the highest civilian award given by the president, saying the pontiff was “a light of faith, hope, and love that shines brightly across the world.” Biden had been scheduled to present…

January 11, 2025 / 3:57 PM EST / CBS/AP Biden honors 19 with Presidential Medal of Freedom Biden awards Presidential Medal of Freedom to Hillary Clinton, Jane Goodall, Magic Johnson, others 00:29 President Biden honored Pope Francis with the Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction, the highest civilian award given…

Over the four years President Joe Biden has spent in the Oval Office, Americans have gotten used to the original reason for his remarks and actions morphing over the hours and days after he says and does them--often with a revised White House transcript of a speech or a word…

President Joe Biden delivers remarks at a reception for the new Democratic members of Congress in the State Dining Room of the White House on Sunday. He visited Los Angeles on Wednesday. Photo by Leigh Vogel/UPI | License Photo Jan. 9 (UPI) -- White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said…

President Joe Biden has canceled a trip to Rome to meet with Pope Francis so he can instead focus on federal response to the rapidly moving wildfires that are tearing through the Los Angeles area, the White House said Wednesday. White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre s aid in a s tatement Wednesday…

When last we checked in on Pope Francis, leader of the 1.4 billion-strong Catholic Church, he was unveiling a Vatican nativity scene that depicted the Baby Jesus resting in the manger atop a Hamas kaffiyeh. RedState reported at the time: The heretical nativity scene was apparently organized by the Higher…