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Retrospect on a pontificate
Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (Photo: Vatican...
George Weigel
Apr 234 min read
WATCH | Local Parishioner Present for the Moment the Bells Tolled in Rome, Announcing Pope Francis' Death
(Video courtesy of Mary Krolicki) As the news of Pope Francis' death made its way around the world on Monday, April 21, a wave of grief...
André Escaleira, Jr.
Apr 222 min read
LISTEN | Archbishop Aquila Discusses Pope Francis’ Life and Legacy on Dan Caplis Show
Pope Francis is pictured with U.S. bishops from Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming during their "ad limina" visits to the...
Alex Mulet
Apr 222 min read
Pope Francis to be buried at St. Mary Major Basilica following Saturday funeral
The body of Pope Francis lies in state at the Vatican's Domus Sanctae Marthae chapel, surrounded by Swiss Guards, cardinals, and Vatican...
Catholic News Agency
Apr 222 min read
PHOTOS | 'Let's raise our hearts in gratitude for Pope Francis': Archbishop Aquila and Coloradans Gather to Honor Pope Francis on the Day of his Passing
Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila celebrated the noon Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception for Pope Francis' peaceful...
André Escaleira, Jr.
Apr 215 min read
WATCH | Special Prayers for Pope Francis at the Cathedral
A makeshift shrine with devotional candles, flowers, and images of Pope Francis appears outside Rome's Gemelli hospital on Feb. 22, 2025...
Denver Catholic Staff
Apr 212 min read
Pope Francis has died. What happens now?
Candles with Pope Francis’ image on them stand outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 21, 2025. (Photo: Daniel Ibañez/CNA) The Vatican...
André Escaleira, Jr.
Apr 215 min read
Pope Francis has died: From Simple Pastor to Reforming Pontiff to 'House of the Father'
Images of Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila and Pope Francis during a visit to Rome with the Papal Foundation in 2024. (Photo: Vatican Media)...
Roxanne King
Apr 2112 min read
A Surreal Blessing: Local Parishioner Reflects on Meeting Pope Francis Two Weeks Before His Hospitalization
(Photo: Vatican Media, courtesy of Sandra Miley) Two weeks before Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, Sandra Miley, parishioner at...
André Escaleira, Jr.
Apr 23 min read
Pope Francis on His Devotion to St. Joseph: ‘Think of Him as a Friend’
‘St. Joseph reminds us that those who appear hidden or in the shadows can play an incomparable role in the history of salvation ...’ Pope...
National Catholic Register
Mar 237 min read
WATCH: Pope Francis makes first public appearance in weeks, returns to Vatican
Pope Francis waves from a balcony at Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Sunday, March 23, 2025, following weeks of hospitalization for bilateral...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 232 min read
Pope spending papal anniversary in hospital as pneumonia recovery continues
Crowds gather to pray the rosary for Pope Francis’ health on Feb. 27, 2025, in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican. (Photo: Daniel...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 131 min read
This is Pope Francis’ prayer intention for the month of March
Pope Francis prays during Mass on the solemnity of the Epiphany on Jan. 6, 2025, in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican. (Photo: Vatican...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 91 min read
Pope Francis: Lent is a time to accept our fragility, rekindle hope in Jesus
Cardinal Angelo De Donatis sprinkles ashes during the celebration of Mass on Ash Wednesday, March 5, 2025, at the Basilica of Santa...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 82 min read
Pope Francis asks Christians to start Lent ‘full of hope’ in the footsteps of Jesus Christ
(Photo: Unsplash) By Kristina Millare/CNA Pope Francis asked Christians on Ash Wednesday to set out in the footsteps of Jesus Christ,...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 82 min read
BREAKING: Vatican shares Pope Francis’ recorded message during rosary in St. Peter’s Square
(Video courtesy of CNA) By Madalaine Elhabbal/CNA In a prerecorded message, Pope Francis thanked those gathered for the rosary prayer...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 62 min read
Pope Francis ‘stable,’ no respiratory failure episodes Tuesday
Pope Francis prays during his Wednesday general audience on Feb. 5, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. (Photo: Vatican...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 41 min read
Pope Francis undergoes brochoscopies after ‘acute respiratory failure,’ Vatican says
Candles with Pope Francis’ image on them stand outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 21, 2025. (Photo: Daniel Ibañez/CNA) Pope Francis...
Catholic News Agency
Mar 31 min read
Pope Francis ventilated after ‘sudden worsening’ of respiratory condition
The chapel at Gemelli Hosptial in Rome bears the name and contains a relic of another pope who knew these corridors well: St. John Paul...
Catholic News Agency
Feb 281 min read
Pope Francis’ health ‘improving,’ Vatican says Thursday
Passersby peer into the John Paul II Chapel at Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where a daily Holy Hour is among several prayer initiatives in...
Catholic News Agency
Feb 271 min read
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