VATICAN CITY -- Celebrating Easter Sunday, Christianity's most joyous and hopeful day, Pope Francis prayed for peace in Ukraine and Syria and for an end to the terrorist attacks in Nigeria that have ...

“Viva il Papa!” (Long live the pope), “Bravo!” the crowd shouted as Francis looped through the square in his open-topped popemobile and then up and down the main avenue leading to it. He stopped ...

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VATICAN CITY (AP) -- U.S. Vice President JD Vance met briefly Sunday with Pope Francis to exchange Easter greetings, after they got into a long-distance tangle over the Trump administration's migrant ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the piazza, ...

Thousands turn out to hear annual message. — -- On a rainy afternoon in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis urged the world to pray for peace and for Christians to be more humble in his annual ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The contrast couldn’t be greater. Perhaps God orchestrated Pope Francis and Donald Trump to be ...

Pope Francis emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter's Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the piazza, drawing wild cheers ...