In his message for Lent 2025, Pope Francis emphasized the importance of living one’s life as a constant journey of conversion ...

Canon law states that a pope can resign, but it stipulates that the papal resignation must be “made freely and properly ...

Pope Francis was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of state to approve new decrees for possible saints and make ...

The 88-year-old was well enough to meet senior Vatican colleagues in hospital despite still being in critical condition with ...

Entrusting the pope "to the powerful intercession of most holy Mary," the cardinal said, "may she sustain him in this time of ...

ROME -- Pope Francis "rested well, all night long" in the hospital, Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday morning. Francis, 88, has been hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

Despite his hospital stay, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church. But what if his health continues to decline ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with the Vatican ...

Pope Francis "rested well throughout the night" in the hospital, the Vatican says, and even met with Vatican officials to sign several documents linked to sainthood designations.

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...