Pope Francis greets a group of young people during his Wednesday general audience on Jan. 22, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. Credit: Vatican Media ...

22, 2025, in the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican. Credit: Daniel Ibañez/CNA Reflecting on St. Luke’s Gospel account of the annunciation and incarnation of Jesus Christ, the pope encouraged ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis tripped while entering the Vatican auditorium for an audience Saturday after the handle of his walking stick snapped, but he avoided falling. The 88-year-old ...

“In my hands, I have a nine-page speech,” the pope said with a smile to participants gathered in the Vatican’s Paul VI Hall. He announced to an applauding audience that he would have this ...

After Saturday’s slight stumble, two aides helped him to his chair on the stage and the audience proceeded without ... moving around his apartment in the Vatican’s Santa Marta hotel.

Pope Francis' aide leans down to pick up the the handle of the Pope's walking stick after it snapped as he was arriving for a Jubilee audience in the Pope Paul VI hall at the Vatican, Saturday ...

Saturday’s event was held at the Vatican’s 6,300-seater Paul VI Audience Hall, the iconic venue ... in 1945. Titled “Resurrection” and inaugurated nearly 50 years ago, the sculpture ...