They performed for thousands of parishioners at several masses, but one in particular has them still in awe -- the world's ...

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held his title for 12 years. What to know about the Jesuit.

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Francis had appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa and layman Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi to ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia, but his condition has shown a ...

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

The death of a sitting pope initiates a profound period of mourning and transition within the Roman Catholic Church, marked ...

The special event is expected to attract about 25 million visitors to participate in Rome's religious celebrations.

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni has visited Pope Francis in the hospital and says he’s “alert and responsive” and full of good ...

VATICAN CITY, Feb 20 — Pope Francis’s blood tests show a “slight improvement” as he receives hospital treatment for pneumonia ...

The Vatican has said he has double pneumonia. The pope lives in Vatican City, an independent state surrounded by Rome, Italy. He stays in the Apostolic Palace, referred to as the papal palace or ...