The pope's return home, after the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy and the second-longest in recent papal ...

Pope St. John Paul II could well be called the "apostle of life." He spent his entire pontificate boldly proclaiming the ...

The church’s ancient defense of women’s dignity proffered by St. Augustine doesn’t need modern ideologies.

Pope Francis says in a letter to an Italian newspaper that his lengthy illness has made clearer to him the absurdity of war ...

Mother Teresa 2. “Nothing can bring you peace but yourself. Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.” — ...

They placed candles, prayer beads and other items at the base of a statue of the late Pope John Paul II, who was treated at the facility many times over his 1978-2005 papacy. Maria Neve ...

March 8 (UPI) --Pope Francis was showing a "gradual, mild improvement" on his 23rd consecutive day in the hospital for treatment of double pneumonia, the Vatican said Saturday. Though a 88-year ...

Now, with Pope Francis entering his fourth week in ... never allowed a figure to emerge as “deputy.” In contrast, John Paul II’s long periods of ill-health and hospitalization created ...

Never.” While Cardinal Dziwisz said that John Paul remained lucid and able to govern the church to the end, stories abound about curial officials jockeying for power as the pope’s ...

The pope was wounded by gunshots in his abdomen and hand.June 20-Aug. 14, 1981 — 55 daysIn his longest hospitalization, John Paul underwent a minor surgical operation and was then treated for a ...