Shortly before returning to his home in the Vatican on Sunday, Pope Francis made a brief appearance from a fifth-floor ...

Pope Francis is to return to his residence in the Vatican on Sunday after his doctors said that was the best place for him to ...

Francis was admitted to a hospital Feb. 14 after a bout of bronchitis worsened. He later developed a life-threatening case of ...

The history of the papacy is filled with unusual, dramatic events. From a pope put on trial after death to a resignation that ...

VATICAN CITY : Pope Francis approved a new three-year process to consider reforms for the global Catholic Church, the Vatican ...

Pope Francis approved a new three-year process to consider reforms for the global Catholic Church, the Vatican said on ...

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Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected head of the Catholic Church, taking the name Francis. He became the first Jesuit and the ...

ROME (AP) — The Vatican says a chest scan has confirmed improvements in Pope Francis’ condition in his fourth week in the hospital for treatment of double pneumonia. The pope continues to receive high ...

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - Pope Francis will on Thursday mark the 12th anniversary of his election as leader of the world's 1.4 ...