[What Pope Francis’ voice memo reveals about his understanding of the papacy] An informed Vatican ... the emeritus archbishop of Perugia-Città della Pieve and former president of the Italian ...

MANILA, Philippines — For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power. From its humble beginnings with St. Peter to its ...

This was the day it became clear the papacy will never be the same again. Image: Pic: AP/Marco Ravagli This is now a papacy which is less dynamic and more prophetic. The Pope's mind, we have ...

ROME – Pope Francis has been in the hospital for the longest stay of his papacy, more than two weeks now. And while the latest updates from the Vatican report a slow and steady improvement from ...

The biographer also explained that Pope Francis is “all in and full on” and would not want a dramatically pared-down papacy. In the past, Francis said that the papacy was “ad vitam ...

Now, the attention in the Vatican is on how the 88-year-old pontiff will lead the Catholic Church following what has been the worst health crisis of his papacy. The early signs point to the pope ...

(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his papacy Thursday with increasingly positive medical updates four weeks into his hospitalization for double ...

The Vatican has not said how the anniversary of his election as the 266th pope might be commemorated (Francisco Seco/AP) Pope Francis was marking the 12th anniversary of his papacy on Thursday ...

Benedict’s resignation revealed his own rational approach to the papacy, as longtime Vaticanist John Thavis recently explained to me. He understood the papacy as “an office that is held and ...