1. Any priest may confer the blessings of the Church, except those reserved to the Pope, to bishops, or to others. * A reserved blessing which is conferred by a priest who does not have the ...

Michael Thiry and Nathaniel Washington celebrates their seventh anniversary with a blessing from the Rev. Michael Pfleger.

Pope Francis flew deep into the jungle of the Southwestern Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea on Sunday to visit Catholics living in one of the most remote areas of the world and deliver ...

Pope Francis has doubled down on his traditional views on abortion and women during his in-flight news conference coming home ...

On Sunday, adults and children lined the streets ... a pickup truck selling Francis memorabilia. “It’s a blessing for the pope to visit Timor-Leste,” said Fernanda de Jesus, 39, who bought ...

Francis is due to visit Luxembourg on Thursday and then spend the rest of the week in Belgium, ending with a Mass in Brussels ...

Pope Francis wrapped up a troubled visit to Belgium on Sunday with a Mass to beatify a 17th century mystic, after dashing the ...

Except on Sunday, Sept. 8 ... before asking the pope for his continued prayers and blessing. When he finished his testimonial, Abala presented the pope with a local feathered headdress, which ...

“For us it’s a big blessing. We are working, in a material way, preparing everything, but especially in a spiritual way, to be ready to meet him,” he said. Pope Francis, a former nightclub ...

The move was described as a “precaution” in the statement from the Vatican days before he is to embark on a trip to Belgium ...

ope Francis’ 12-day tour of Asia-Pacific countries may be the longest and most physically demanding yet for the 87-year-old pope, but that has not stopped him from sharing his blessings to heads ...