One of Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility. In his new ...

Francis' visit to Mosul was a key moment during his Iraq trip as Iraq's second-largest city had been under the control of Islamic State from 2014 to 2017. The pope visited the ruins of four ...

Two attempted attacks on Pope Francis, including one by a suicide bomber, were foiled during his landmark trip to Iraq in 2021, the pontiff has revealed in an autobiography. The pope wrote that he ...

2024 Pope Francis has revealed that he narrowly escaped two attempts on his life during his visit to Iraq in March 2021 in the city of Mosul. In a new book titled “Spera” (translated as ...

In the Italian excerpts, Francis recalled his historic March 2021 trip to Iraq, the first ever by a pope. COVID-19 was still raging and security concerns were high, especially in Mosul.

He's the first pope from Latin America, the first to take the name Francis and the first sitting pontiff to publish his ...

Constantly in the public eye, Pope Francis is instantly recognisable across the globe, and his likeness adorns t-shirts, mugs ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis turned 88 on Tuesday and marked ... suicide bombers had planned to attack him during his 2021 visit to Iraq, but were killed before striking. Italian daily Corriere ...