Tonight on Perspectives: Pope Francis to celebrate Holy Thursday Mass at a juvenile prison, and the Holy Father sends greetings to the new Archbishop of Canterbury. ...read more

Pastoral Letter for the Year of Faith Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio of Buenos Aires October 2012 Dear Brothers and Sisters: Among the most striking experiences of the last decades is finding doors closed. Little by little increasing insecurity has made us bolt doors, employ means of vigilance, install security cameras and mistrust strangers who call at ...read more

Earlier today, Pope Francis met with Fraternal Delegates (members of other Christian denominations and non-Christian religions) who attended the Inauguration Mass of his Petrine Ministry on Tuesday. ...read more

Following a historic conclave, Pope Francis was publicly installed as the 266th Bishop of Rome earlier today in St. Peter’s Square. Published below is an unofficial translation of the Holy Father’s homily. Note: S+L will rebroadcast the mass at 1:30 pm ET/10:30 am PT, 8:00 pm ET/5:00 pm PT and 12:00 am ET/9:00 pm PT. ...read more

Today Pope Francis gave his first Sunday Angelus address to a crowd of more than 100,000. As pilgrims gathered in St Peter’s Square, he spoke of God’s mercy and patience and, as he is now known to do, went off-script and joked with those gathered — winning even more hearts to him. ...read more

This morning Pope Francis celebrated mass at St. Anne Parish in Vatican City. For those who missed our early live broadcast, here’s the video of the entire mass, from beginning to end. S+L will re-air the mass later today at 4:00 pm ET/1:00 pm PT, 9:00 pm ET/6:00 pm PT, and 1:00 am ET/10:00 pm ...read more

Today Pope Francis celebrated mass at St. Anne Parish in Vatican City. In the following three clips we bring you the highlights of the event. Above find a clip of the brief but moving homily that he gave to parishioners. Below, find the speech where Cardinal Comastri thanked the Holy Father and praised him for ...read more

Pope Francis has taken the world by storm. But will he be able to evangelize young people? Host Kris Dmytrenko asks Fr. Frank Portelli and Oriana Bertucci what the youth think of the new pontiff. Also on the panel, Auravelia Colomer shares what it was like to be in St. Peter’s Square when the new ...read more

This morning Pope Francis met with the College of Cardinals in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican. Here is a clip of his message to the cardinals. ...read more

Tonight on Perspectives: We bring you reaction from Rome and highlights of Day of 1 with Pope Francis. ...read more