The pope has emerged as an increasingly lonely moral voice against perilous global trends like nationalism and populism.

The Diocese of Lincoln placed the Rev. Joseph Bernardo, a long-time Pius X teacher, on administrative leave after he reported ...

When Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign in 600 years it sent shockwaves through the Catholic Church. Now, after spending two weeks in hospital battling pneumonia, the speculation in the ...

On a recent weekend in this once deeply Catholic city, many expressed worry about Pope Francis, but there was also an air of ambivalence. By Billy Witz Reporting from Pittsburgh Congregants ...

Followed categories will be added to My News. The Argentine pope has spent the past two weeks at Rome's Gemelli hospital, with the Vatican reporting incremental improvements in his condition in ...

Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm on Friday that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said in relaying a setback in his two-week ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors said Wednesday his prognosis is still guarded. Pope receives hundreds of well-wishes on ...

If a pope is incapacitated but still alive, there is no formal rule to replace him. Pope Francis remains in critical condition as he continues to battle double pneumonia and a lung infection ...

ROME — Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in laboratory tests and resumed some work, the Vatican said, including calling a parish in Gaza City that ...

Feb. 24 (UPI) --Pope Francis' doctors on Monday "are prudently maintaining their cautious prognosis" as the pontiff's condition "despite its severity has shown a slight improvement" in respiratory ...

Pope Francis remains in a “critical” condition with kidney and lung issues, the BBC reports ― though the Vatican have not given a prognosis due to the “complexity of the clinical picture ...