The 88-year-old watched from a chair as acrobats, robot-operated puppet elephants, jugglers and dancers on roller skates took ...

Annone, a majestic 4-year-old albino elephant from India, five centuries ago was the pet of Pope Leo X. The white pachyderm ...

Pope Francis kicked off the first Saturday jubilee audience of 2025 by urging pilgrims to embrace hope as a divine strength that enables new beginnings, drawing inspiration from St. John the Baptist.

No, it is a crime!” Pope Francis addresses pilgrims gathered in the Paul VI Audience Hall for his Wednesday general audience on Jan. 15, 2025, at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican Media During the ...

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

Pope Francis has sustained an arm injury following a fall, the Vatican announced, just weeks after another incident left him with a bruise on his chin. Details about the severity of the injury ...

In the Paul VI Hall – reopened to the public after the holidays (for a private audience with associations ... for the Pope's decision to honor in the Vatican a Baby Jesus resting on a cloth ...

Pope Francis, left, looks at the Nativity of Bethlehem 2024 during its inauguration on St Peter’s Square in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican on December 7, 2024 [Andreas Solaro/AFP] Pope ...

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File) Pope Francis arrives in the Paul VI hall on the occasion of the weekly general audience at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) Pope ...

Pope Francis greets a child at the conclusion of his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican Jan. 15, 2025. (CNS photo/Lola Gomez) People and institutions can protect ...

Pope Francis stressed this at his weekly General Audience on Wednesday morning in the Vatican's Paul VI Hall. Continuing his catechesis series on children, this week the Pope focused on their welfare.