Pope Francis places a red biretta on the head of new Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, a British Dominican and theologian, during a ...

For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been especially deeply felt. By Emma Bubola Reporting from the Vatican Rome had ...

Spoiler alert. If you don’t want to know the twist at the end of the recent movie Conclave, stop reading. To be honest, it’s not much of a surprise – it was one of a couple of hackneyed endings that ...

Recently the U.S. Catholic bishops approached the new president − red biretta in hand − and humbly asked him not to arrest anyone in churches or schools. During the Third Reich, the national ...

In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the hospital, but said he needs to change his vigorous habits, at least for ...

Well, what we are learning is just how close Pope Francis came to death as he battled pneumonia in both of his lungs for more than 5 weeks at Rome's Gelli Hospital. The doctor who led the medical ...

Pope Francis continues to be in stable condition and has registered improvements in both breathing and speech, the Vatican said on March 28, the sixth day of the “at least two-month” period of ...

Pope Francis was so close to death during his weeks-long hospital stint that doctors considered ending his pneumonia treatment so he could just die in peace, the head of his medical team revealed ...

During a routine Vatican press briefing the day before Pope John Paul II died, the usually composed director of the Holy See Press Office was overcome with emotion. When a German journalist asked ...

Pope Francis on Monday suffered two attacks of "acute respiratory insufficiency," the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff's health struggles continue. Doctors performed two procedures known ...