Photos: Pope Francis visited Philadelphia in September 2015 and held Mass on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway as part of his only visit to the United States as pope.

The crowd at St. Peter’s Square was lively ahead of the ... The new pope attended Villanova University, in the suburbs of Philadelphia, as an undergraduate.Credit...Rachel Wisniewski for The ...

It was no ordinary field trip for the suburban Chicago sixth graders visiting the city’s Holy Name Cathedral ... at the very front of St. Peter’s Square, he proudly shows off his top ...

The Vatican announced the election of Pope Leo XIV shortly after white smoke blew from the roof of the Sistine Chapel on ...

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During his papacy, John Paul II preached service, the responsibility for peace and the protection of life. In 1981, a lone gunman, Mehmet Ali Ağca, attempted to assassinate the pope in St. Peter ...

As Pope Francis made stops in Washington, D.C., New York and Philadelphia ... Fifth Avenue as Francis headed to a service at St. Patrick's Cathedral. Francis also visited an East Harlem school ...

One of the great things was for me that it was natural, he wasn’t doing it for show. Or I’m going to ... They believe this goes back to St Peter. I just think that’s so powerful.

Named for the symbols of the Cathedral’s patron saints, the initiative serves as the principal fundraising effort for the ...

Jim and Jeanne Mulligan headed to the Cathedral of St. Paul on Monday morning after they heard the news that Pope Francis had died. The couple, who are from Grand Forks, N.D., and were in St. Paul ...