The last public words of Pope Francis were an Urbi et Orbi blessing, delivered very simply and with a faint voice, and his ...

Pope Francis, 88, has passed away after a battle with double pneumonia. His death leaves the Vatican with the task of finding ...

But if we take the blame out of it for just an instant and imagine that this blessing was spoken through love and for the purpose of love, then we have the same words and images with a different ...

Urbi et orbi” means “To the city [of Rome] and to the world.” It is a special apostolic blessing given by the pope every year ...

When Pope Francis arrived in Pennsylvania in 2015, he created a memorable moment by stopping to bless a 10-year-old boy in a ...

There is to be no blessing of a new home unless those who will live in it are present. A minister who is a priest or deacon greets those present in the following or other suitable words ...