The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

Pope Francis "rested well throughout the night" in the hospital, the Vatican says, and even met with Vatican officials to ...

Before he was hospitalized for double pneumonia, Pope Francis was battling firm resistance from some of his own cardinals ...

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

Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

The slight renal insufficiency the pope had in recent days subsided and a CAT scan of the chest showed a normal evolution of ...

The faithful continue to gather at St. Peter's Square and churches around Rome to pray for the health of the pontiff.

As part of the Notre Dame forum series on the Israel-Palestine conflict, speakers offered Catholic perspectives on the ...

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition fighting a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia, world and ...

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition at Gemelli Hospital in Rome - still in charge of the Vatican and the worldwide ...