Pope Francis

Register staff explore the breaking news of a potential ceasefire in Gaza, Conlon’s latest column on the Nobel Peace Prize, and Amundson unpacks Canada’s plummeting fertility rates and the contradiction of federal policies funding abortion and MAiD while chasing population growth.

Nelson Mandela, Bishop Desmond Tutu, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Dalai Lama, our own Lester Pearson — just some of the names that justifiably have been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize. Could that list soon include Donald Trump?

While much of the world’s attention is on what will happen in the Sistine Chapel and the men who began choosing the Church’s next leader May 7, the enduring legacy of Pope Francis is seen in the women whose voices helped shape — and carry forward — his vision.

As Catholics worldwide turn their attention to the impending conclave as the Church seeks to elect its 267th pontiff, one curious group of onlookers in particular is keeping a close watch.

Timothy Schmalz an 'artistic soldier' for Francis

Text of the final “Urbi et Orbi” Easter Sunday message from Pope Francis delivered at the Mass presided over by the Delegate of the Holy Father, Cardinal Angelo Comastri.

How fitting – how Francis! – that the Holy Father’s final day on earth was spent in part meeting with U.S. Vice-President JD Vance to press the case for Christian charity toward migrants and refugees.

In his brief final testament, Pope Francis asked to be buried at Rome's Basilica of St. Mary Major and said he had offered his suffering for peace in the world.

Just as hundreds of people had gathered at the Vatican each night to recite the rosary when Pope Francis was hospitalized, throngs returned to recite the Marian prayer for the repose of his soul after his death.