Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.
Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.
As Catholics around the world pray for Pope Francis to recover from health ailments that have left the 88-year-old pontiff in ...
The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...
Despite his hospital stay, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church. But what if his health continues to decline ...
In his message for Lent 2025, Pope Francis emphasized the importance of living one’s life as a constant journey of conversion ...
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...
While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...
Renowned Korean War military chaplain and Kansas native Emil Joseph Kapaun was declared “venerable” by Pope Francis on ...
For centuries, one of the biggest taboos at the Vatican was openly discussing the pope's health. As leader of the world's 1.4 ...