Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Feb. 14 with bilateral pneumonia, and it's making some question whether he'll step ...

*Refers to the latest 2 years of stltoday.com stories. Cancel anytime. Pope Francis' Death. As speculation rises about Pope Francis' health, the Vatican has reportedly begun preparations for a ...

But he's on track to equal or surpass Pope Gregory XII, perhaps best known for being the most recent pope to resign until Pope Benedict XVI did so in 2013. Gregory was 88 when he stepped ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy will lead the Ash Wednesday Mass at 12:10 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in ...

Before he was hospitalized, Francis ordered the creation of a new high-level commission to encourage donations.

This feast celebrates Peter’s leadership and the unity of the Church under the Pope. The “chair” in this feast is not just a piece of furniture ...

To the extent most Americans know anything about Armenia, it’s that somewhere between half a million to 1.5 million Armenians ... the Song of Songs. Pope Francis declared Gregory a doctor ...

Before he was hospitalized for double pneumonia, Pope Francis was battling firm resistance from some of his own cardinals about how to plug a widening gap in the Vatican's finances. Three days before ...

What happens after a pope dies? Many are asking this as the 88-year-old pontiff has been in the hospital since Feb. 14.

Catholics marked the start of Lent without Pope Francis on Wednesday. The 88-year-old spent his twentieth day in the hospital ...

As Pope Francis continues to battle double pneumonia ... the longest on record being for the selection of Gregory X in the 13th century, which lasted from November 1268 until September 1271 ...