1. Pope Paul VI With his trip to Colombia in 1968, Blessed Pope Paul VI became the first Pontiff to visit Latin America. Although he was only in Bogota from the 22nd to the 25th of August on the ...

Pope Francis petted a canine circus performer after it jumped through hoops during Wednesday's general audience in the Paul ...

The conclave, shrouded in centuries-old tradition and secrecy, stands as one of the most captivating rituals in the Catholic ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis exchanges the season’s greetings with Vatican employees, in the Paul VI Hall at the Vatican ...

Pope John Paul II visited Australia in 1986, who becomes only the second Pope to visit Australia after Pope Paul VI's 1970 tour. On that time he was 66 years old, and had visited every state and ...

The First Blessing It was Pope St. Paul VI who, during his December 21 1969 Angelus address, described the wonder evoked by the sight of the Nativity Scene to the faithful in the St. Peter's Square.

Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered for his general audience on Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025, in Paul VI Hall at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican Media Speaking to hundreds of international pilgrims ...

Pope Francis was treated to a show by an African circus troupe at his weekly general audience on Wednesday. The 88-year-old ...

Or watch this trailer from the 1986 film Saving Grace ... and looked at [Assistant Secretary of State and future Pope Paul VI Giovanni] Montini who was standing next to him, "and you as a regular ...

Wyszyński had invited Pope Paul VI to attend the millennium celebrations of 1966; the regime blocked the invitation. When Pope John Paul II first arrived in Poland in June 1979, he opened the ...

Pope Francis speaks during the annual Christmas gathering with employees in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall on Dec. 22, 2024. Credit: Vatican Media Before beginning his reflection on Dec. 21 ...

Pope Francis fell Thursday and hurt his arm, the Vatican said, just weeks after another apparent fall resulted in a bad bruise on his chin. Francis didn’t break his arm but that a ...