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Pope Francis

Cardinal Dolan turns 75 – and joins a growing group of senior US churchmen

Feb 7
Crux Staff

Pope Francis, fighting bronchitis, to take meetings at home

Feb 6
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis meets with President Donald Trump on the occasion of their private audience, at the Vatican on Wednesday, May 24, 2017. (Credit: Alessandra Tarantino/AP, Pool.)

Francis and Trump: Leaders who prize loyalty

Feb 4
Chris Altieri

Pope Francis speaks to participants in a Feb. 3, 2025, International Summit on the Rights of the Child inside the Clementine Hall of the Vatican's Apostolic Palace. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope leads global summit on defending children’s rights

Feb 4
Elise Ann Allen

Spanish Monsignor Jordi Bertomeu Farnos celebrates Mass at Our Lady of Reconciliation parish in Lima, Peru, alongside Father Juan Carlos Rivva (L) on Sunday, Feb. 2, 2025. (Credit: Our Lady of Reconciliation parish/Screenshot.)

Vatican envoy announces suppression of all branches of Peru group

Feb 3
Elise Ann Allen

The Tower of Nicholas V, the seat of the Institute of Religious Works (IOR), inside Vatican City State. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Civil trial begins over firing of Vatican’s ‘Romeo and Juliet’

Feb 3
Elise Ann Allen

Pope Francis gives his Angelus address outside St. Peter's Square on Feb. 2, 2025. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Pope Francis marks National Day of Life in Italy

Feb 2
Crux Staff

Ukrainian young people look at a video from Pope Francis on Feb. 1, 2025. (Credit: Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church.)

Pope Francis urges peace in Ukraine during 2025 Jubilee

Feb 2
Charles Collins

Pope Francis greets the superior general of Sodalitium, José David Correa, during a private audience at the Vatican Oct. 30, 2021. (Credit: Vatican Media.)

Suppressed Peru group distances itself from critics of pope, papal delegates

Feb 2
Crux Staff

Search and rescue efforts are seen around a wreckage site in the Potomac River from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, early Thursday morning, Jan. 30, 2025, in Arlington, Va. (Credit: Mark Schiefelbein/AP.)

Pope, American bishops offer prayers following deadly midair collision

Jan 30
John Lavenburg