The pope, who had part of one lung removed when he was younger following an infection, was hospitalized twice in 2023, first for bronchitis and later to remove intestinal scar tissue and repair a ...

With the passing of Pope Francis on Easter Monday, his legacy has taken center stage. Undoubtedly, some attention will go to the Argentine’s failure to reverse the sharp decline of Catholicism in ...

Pope Leo XIV is facing his first major crisis with traditionalist Catholics. A breakaway group attached to the traditional ...

The Vatican has warned a breakaway traditionalist Catholic group that it risked renewed schism if it goes ahead with plans to ...

(RNS) — Drawing on Latin American theology that emphasizes collaboration, developed in response to continued struggles with colonialism, Francis pushed for a Catholic Church with broader inclusion of ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change, ...

Pope Francis wears a plaster and has a bruised, black left eye and a cut on his eyebrow as he talks to journalists during a press conference on board the flight to Rome, at the end of a five-day visit ...

After a battle of health issues, Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio, died Monday, April 21, at age 88 after more than a decade at the helm of the Roman Catholic Church. The Argentine‑born pontif ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff who charmed the world with his humility and concern for the poor but alienated conservatives over climate change and critiques ...

(CORRECTION: This story was updated because an earlier version included an incorrect date.) White smoke billowed from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City on Thursday evening local time, ...