ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) —In early 2025, the Pope Francis was hospitalized with pneumonia and was facing four life-threatening breathing crises. On Feb. 28, doctors had to decide whether to stop ...

Pope Leo XIV prays in front of a fresco of Our Lady of Good Counsel at the shrine named after the image in Genazzano, Italy, southeast of Rome, on May 10, 2025. The shrine, with a famous image of Mary ...

President Trump is expected to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the NATO summit on Wednesday — the day after he castigated Russian leader Vladimir Putin for offering to “help” with ...

Rome is a splendour of religious riches that attracts over 30 million visitors annually, and 2025 is a particularly significant year for this cradle of Catholicism. The Vatican is celebrating a ...

Leo XIV prayed at the tomb of Pope Francis on May 10, just two days after being elected new head of the Catholic Church and hours after vowing to humbly follow in his predecessor's footsteps. Vatican ...

Pope Leo XIV on Saturday visited and prayed at the Shrine of the Mother of Good Counsel in Genazzano, greeting the community there and urging them to ‘be faithful to the Mother.’ Leo on Saturday also ...

Leo XIV reportedly brings more reserved approach as Pope Francis' successor. Cardinal Robert Prevost was chosen as Pope Francis' successor on Thursday, taking the papal name Leo XIV. The world is ...

Pope Leo faces hectic first few weeks in new job Crowds will want to see him at events tied to Holy Year Leo will need to decide on first foreign trips VATICAN CITY, May 9 (Reuters) - Pope Leo XIV has ...

As the conclave is held to select a new pope, LGBTQ Catholics hope that the next leader of the church will continue the inclusion work Pope Francis started more than 20 years ago. Pope Francis, who ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Cardinal Dominique Mamberti announced the news on Thursday, May 8. Pope Francis died on April 21 ...

Barred from leaving or making any contact with the outside world, the leaders of the church will vote until they select the next leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics. Any cardinal electors who ...

Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, dean of the College of Cardinals, blesses the coffin as he leads the funeral Mass of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square on April 26, 2025. (OSV News photo/Vatican Media) ...