Pope Francis has come down with a serious illness that could potentially force him to resign, but who would succeed him?

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

Pope Francis' recent bout with pneumonia, which landed him in the hospital for the fourth time, fueled speculation in Rome.

Pope Francis, who has been diagnosed with double pneumonia, is recovering at a hospital in Rome. The 88-year-old pontiff’s ...

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As the United States says it is working to building a piece to the Russia-Iraq war, which began in earnest in 2022, it is ...

John 15:18-20 In recent years ... Even the new Holocaust Museum in New York unjustly criticized Pope Pius XII for being silent during World War II. The Church has recently spoken on this topic.

Included in the painting are figures of the local bishop as well as Pope Pius XII (who consecrated the world to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 1942), Pope John XXIII and Pope Paul VI.

The Vatican announced that the pontiff is being treated for pneumonia in both lungs. His latest visit to Rome's Gemelli ...

The Vatican announced on Monday that this visit to Rome’s Gemelli hospital finds the 88-year-old pontiff was facing a ...

The Vatican says that Pope Francis’ clinical condition is “improving slightly,” adding that he went about his work activities ...

ROME -- Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old ...