Every Wednesday, Pope Francis begins the General Audience from the Vatican.
Thousands of pilgrims from around the world attend the audience. He delivers a catechesis and greets visitors from all over the world.
Pope Francis stressed the Church's duty to listen to those who suffer and insisted on the importance of maintaining a relationship between the young and the elderly.
The Pope is expected to have his second ever meeting with Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill in Nur-Sultan
The Pope used himself as an example of how people must accept ailments as they come to them and continue following Jesus during his General Audience.
In his General Audience, the Pope reflected on a conversation between the Risen Jesus and St. Peter.
The Pope continued his series of catechesis dedicated to old age and spoke of his own health problems during the General Audience in St. Peter's Square.
Pope Francis continued his series of catechesis on the value of old age by reflecting on how St. Peter's mother-in-law served her house guests immediately after being healed by Jesus.
Pope Francis: “What matters is the heart. The heart is maintained with the youthfulness of wine, the more it ages, the better it is.”
In his General Audience, the Pope reflected on the words spoken to Nicodemus by Jesus regarding the need for a spiritual rebirth to reach fulfilment in the eternal life.
Carlota Valenzuela is in Rome to rest and sort out what is in her heart.
The General Audience on Wednesdays is an occasion where many believers try to give the Pope a gift. Nicholas Kemdi came from Atlanta, to give Pope Francis a rosary made by his son Dowm.
This family greeted the Pope during his General Audience and say it was a gift from their daughter, Eugenia, who passed away five months ago.
Before Alberto Lopez Brasaola died, a friend promised to take his painting to the Pope. Ibon Perez has made Brasaola's wish come true.
He tackled a delicate subject in the weekly catechesis: the disenchantment that comes with life.
Pope Francis expressed his sorrow for the murder of students and teachers at an American elementary school.
Pope Francis reflects on “how easy it is to grow disillusioned with life and to give up the struggle to make our world a better place.”
It has been a long time since we have seen images like these—seven children lifted into the popemobile.
The Pope said that Christians must be free in their protests to God, just as children are with their parents.
The Pope offered a reflection on suffering in his weekly Audience.
Their husbands are part of the famous Azov regiment, the same one barricaded in the tunnels of the Azovstal steel mill.
The Pope continued his series of catechesis on the elderly.
The Pope addressed the ancient and modern temptation of Gnosticism in his Wednesday Audience.
Pope Francis cited the example of Eleazar as a model of concretely living out the faith into old age.
For the first time in over two years, Pope Francis rode through the crowd in St. Peter's Square on the popemobile to begin his Wednesday audience.
Pope Francis reflected on the fourth commandment, “honor your father and your mother,” during his Wednesday audience.