From a bird's-eye view high above St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican, a stunning photograph shows the estimated 250,000 ...

Queen Letizia and King Felipe walked arm-in-arm into St. Peter’s Square for the funeral of Pope Francis in Vatican City on Saturday morning. The queen wore a somber black lace veil with a long black ...

Editor’s Note: On April 26, 2025, Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re, primary celebrant of Pope Francis’ funeral, offered the following homily. The official transcript is reprinted here with permission. In ...

Spain’s King Felipe and Queen Letizia attended Pope Francis’s inaugural mass—though, then they were known as Crown Prince Felipe and Princess Letizia. Twelve years later, they’re once again among the ...

In January, two friends from Marbella, Spain, Adrián Ruiz Pelayo and Andrea Martello, announced an ambitious adventure ...

A commission set up by Pope Francis to study women deacons has voted against the possibility of ordaining women deacons while ...

A commission chosen by the late Pope Francis to study the possibility of women becoming deacons in the Catholic Church has ...