Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter's Square for the recitation of the Regina Caeli on May 7, 2023.

A new Swiss Guard swears to protect the pope, even sacrificing his life if necessary, during a ceremony on May. 6, 2023.

Bishop Robert Francis Prevost was named prefect of the Vatican Dicastery for Bishops on Jan. 30, 2023.

Pope Francis meets with the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors in an audience May 5, 2023.

Pope Francis greets His Royal Highness Prince Charles of Wales at the canonization of St. John Henry Newman at the Vatican on Oct. 13, 2019.

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

The Archdiocese of Hartford is appealing to the Vatican for guidance on how to proceed with its investigation

Fra’ John T. Dunlap, was sworn in as grand master of the Order of Malta on May 3, 2023.

Metropolitan Anthony, chairman for external church relations of the Russian Orthodox Church, greets Pope Francis after his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 3, 2023.

Father Dario E. Viganò, president of the MAC Foundation, shares about the foundation in a May 2, 2023, presentation at the Vatican’ Apostolic Library

Pope Francis spoke about the Christian roots of Hungary during his general audience in St. Peter's Square on May 3, 2023.

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

Pope Francis has praised the Billings method of natural family planning as “a valuable tool” for married couples

Jesus came to bring “glad tidings to the poor,” Pope Francis recalled Saturday during a meeting with poor people and refugees in Budapest.

Pope Francis spoke out strongly against abortion and gender ideology Friday, citing both as examples of “ideological colonization”

Pope Francis on Friday encouraged clergy and others discouraged by a shortage of priests and ebbing faith in the West to pray for God’s help, saying the solutions will “come from the tabernacle and not the computer.”

Pope Francis addresses civil authorities and other dignitaries at a former a Carmelite monastery in Budapest, Hungary, on April 28, 2023, on the first day of his three-day pilgrimage to the country.

In a lengthy interview on the eve of Pope Francis’ trip to Hungary, Cardinal Péter Erdő, archbishop of

Curtis Martin, founder of the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), meets Pope Francis in 2022. Martin was named April 25, 2023, to an advisory group of 14 consultors to advise the members of the Dicastery for Evangelization.

Father Marko Rupnik, SJ.

Pope Francis smiles with two religious sisters during his general audience on Jan. 11, 2023

The Vatican announced Wednesday that there will be laypeople participating as voting members in the Synod on Synodality’s

Pope Francis at his general audience in St Peter’s Square on April 26, 2023.

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia.