On the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's death, reflections highlight his leadership, faith, and personal interactions ...

John Paul II had an appendectomy in October of 1996, but would not be hospitalized again until February of 2005, even though ...

Thomas More University’s Institute for Religious Liberty will present a special program on Monday in celebration of Pope ...

Journalists and Vatican officials who have covered multiple pontificates describe the challenges, secrecy and unprecedented ...

In hundreds of parishes across the United States and elsewhere, growing numbers of Catholics are taking shifts before the ...

The pope's return home, after the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy and the second-longest in recent papal ...

Earlier, a group of young scouts from a Catholic group stood by a statue of former Pope John Paul II at the entrance, holding yellow and white balloons and vainly striving to catch a glimpse of ...

The Vatican released the first photograph of Pope Francis on Sunday since his hospitalisation over a month ago, showing the pontiff celebrating mass earlier in the day from the chapel in his ...

Improving Pope Reduces Use of Ventilation for Oxygen, Vatican Says By Joshua McElwee VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis is improving slowly as he battles double pneumonia in hospital and is ...

Pope Francis starts new 3-year process for Church reforms Francis, 88, still in hospital for double pneumonia New process indicates pope's desire to continue on VATICAN CITY, March 15 (Reuters ...

Francis was elected on March 13, 2013 as the 266th pontiff — and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pope.