The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

A marching band from Michigan has traveled across the world for a once in a lifetime performance. The Holly High School ...

Pope Francis has been diagnosed with double pneumonia after being hospitalised last week. The Vatican said the 88-year-old's ...

Pope Francis passed another peaceful night in hospital, "got up and had breakfast in his armchair", the Vatican said Thursday ...

The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis for 20 minutes in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was "alert and ...

It comes as the pope is reportedly rushing to tie up loose ends and secure his legacy ahead of the race to succeed him. It ...

Updates on Francis’ condition, which was said to be stable on Wednesday, have typically been spare, leaving plenty of room ...