With thousands of infirmed people and those who care for them gathered in St. Peter's Square, Pope Francis, seated in a ...

In a moving homily read by Archbishop Fisichella, the pontiff described how suffering can become "a place of encounter" with ...

as Pope Benedict XVI did in 2013, and step down early. It's tradition for the Pope to remain in office until his death, and Benedict XVI, who passed away in 2022, was the first to step down before he ...

following the devastating report which revealed that former Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI failed to act in several cases of abuse, almost a cover-up, while a bishop in Germany. The report refers to ...

Pope Francis compared this experience to the woman in the day's Gospel reading, who had been condemned and ostracised for her ...

The pope will be released tomorrow,” said one of the pope’s attending physicians Saturday, after Francis spent five weeks battling a severe health crisis.

Pope Francis is to give his blessing and greet a crowd from hospital for the first time since he was admitted on 14 February.

The former Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected on the fifth ballot of the 2013 conclave that was called after Pope Benedict XVI resigned. While Francis has praised Benedict’s humility in ...

ROME — The Vatican on Friday said Pope Francis’ health has continued to improve after his release from hospital. The ...

The Pope appealed to St. Benedict for help "to hold firm Christ's central position in our lives. May he always be first in our thoughts and in all our activities!" Before concluding, Benedict XVI ...

Pope Francis has entered his fourth week in the hospital with double pneumonia. Francis has increasingly handed off his day-to-day duties to cardinals as questions swirl about the near- and long-term ...

Pope Benedict XVI, who was elected after the death of John Paul II, shocked the world when he became the first pope to resign in 600 years in 2013, paving the way for the election of Jorge Mario ...