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Satellite with Pope Francis’ words launches into space

Students at the Polytechnic University of Turin built the satellite that launched on a Falcon 9 rocket from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California on June 12, 2023.

Vatican convicts climate activists, orders them to pay $30,000 in damages

Ultima Generazione (Last Generation) climate change activists Ester Goffi (right) and Guido Viero (second right) arrive at the Vatican on May 24, 2023, to attend their second hearing for having glued themselves to the statue of "Laocoon and His Sons" at the Vatican Museums in August 2022.

Pope Francis laments the spiritual poverty in a culture that leads to teen suicides

Pope Francis poses for a photo with a group of young people after his general audience Aug. 17, 2022.

Pope Francis sends condolences after death of Silvio Berlusconi

St. Pope John Paul II greets former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

Pope Francis praying and working from hospital

Dr. Sergio Alfieri (left), Pope Francis' surgeon, and Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruno hold a press conference Saturday, June 10, 2023, at Gemelli Hospital in Rome.

PHOTOS: Eucharistic procession in the Vatican Gardens on Corpus Christi

A Eucharistic procession in the Vatican Gardens on the Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ on June 11, 2023.

Pope Francis: Treat others with dignity, not as objects

Young people from around the world held hands in St. Peter's Square during the #NotAlone human fraternity event June 10, 2023.

Pope Francis making normal progress in recovery from abdominal surgery

Pope Francis at his general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 17, 2023.

Pope Francis stable, receives poster from family of baby he baptized in hospital in March

A photograph shows an outside view of the Gemelli hospital in Rome on June 8, 2023, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized following an operation for an abdominal hernia on June 7.

Pope Francis is recovering in same hospital room where John Paul II was treated

A large statue of St. John Paul II at the entrance of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is recovering from surgery he underwent on June 7, 2023.

Pope Francis in ‘good general condition’ one day after abdominal surgery

Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter’s Square on May 31, 2023.

Surgeon: Pope Francis ‘well, awake, alert’ after operation

Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the lead surgeon for Pope Francis' abdominal surgery, speaks at a press conference at Gemelli Hospital on June 7, 2023.

Pope Francis’ appointments canceled until June 18, Italian diocese says

Pope Francis’ audiences have been canceled until June 18, an Italian Catholic diocese said Wednesday, citing the Prefecture of the Papal Household.

Pope Francis prayed with relic of St. Thérèse of Lisieux before surgery

Pope Francis prayed before a relic of St. Therese of Lisieux at the beginning of his general audience in St. Peter's Square, and shortly before going to the hospital for an abdominal surgery, on June 7, 2023.

Breaking: Pope Francis to have abdominal surgery under general anesthesia

Pope Francis greeted pilgrims in St. Peter's Square on Wednesday, June 7, 2023, a few hours before he will be hospitalized for abdominal surgery under general anesthesia.

Here is Pope Francis’ schedule for World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon

A screenshot from Pope Francis' May 4 video message to young people attending World Youth Day 2023 in Lisbon, Portugal.

Papal envoy to Ukraine meets with President Zelenskyy, concludes ‘intense’ visit

Pope Francis’ envoy to Ukraine Cardinal Matteo Zuppi on June 6, 2023, finished a “brief but intense” two-day visit to Kyiv, which included a meeting with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

Vatican: Pope Francis has check-up at Rome hospital

Pope Francis at his Wednesday general audience in St. Peter’s Square on May 31, 2023.

Pope Francis prays for victims of train crash in India that killed 275 people

Pope Francis prays at his Wednesday audience in St. Peter’s Square on April 12, 2023.

From Hinduism to Catholicism: How Blessed Carlo Acutis inspired a man to convert

Rajesh Mohur pictured with Carlo Acutis on the day of his Confirmation

Why is June the month of the Sacred Heart of Jesus?

Apparition of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque of the Sacred Heart of Jesus

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