Pope Francis, who recently survived a bout of double pneumonia, has died aged 88, 12 years after he was elected during the ...
As it happened: Coffin of Pope Francis sealed after 250,000 pay homage to head of Catholic Church - Pope Francis’s coffin was sealed after a quarter of million people visited the late spiritual leader ...
Pope Leo XIV is signaling strong endorsement of one of Pope Francis’ most controversial policies on marriage and divorce.
Pope Leo XIV urged those waging war to lay down their arms and called for global peace ahead of the traditional “Urbi et Orbi ...
Pope Francis, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, was the 266th pope of the Roman Catholic Church. His papacy ended when he died on April 21, 2025. The worldwide spiritual ...
Pope Francis said the Catholic Church was in need of repair to make it a place of welcome for “everyone, everyone, everyone,” as he opened a big meeting on the future of the faith that has ...
Doctors said Monday that Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia but have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment. In the ...
A huge crowd in St. Peter’s Square awaited the announcement of the pope’s identity Thursday, and they were rewarded to see the face of American Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost emerge. The newly ...