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

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

Here’s a look at Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s life. Personal Birth date: April 16, 1927 Death date: December 31, 2022 Birth ...

(Bull of the Holy Office, 1613, referring to a privilege purportedly recorded in the bull, Sacratissimo ubi culmine, March 3, 1322, by Pope John XII, a bull no longer considered authentic-- See F.

COMMENTARY: ‘Hope,’ which is not what it claims to be and is less than it ought to be, nevertheless gives glimpses into how ...

Not so Pope Francis this week. It was not a spokesman, but the Pope himself, and his letter was drafted in the form customary ...

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.

blossomed from their love’ (St. John Paul II, Address to Midwives, Jan. 26, 1980) and contributes to ‘assuring the child a healthy and happy birth.’” The pope noted the loss of enthusiasm ...