Since Francis’ hospitalization on Feb. 14, the Vatican has issued a written message from him every Sunday, but there is a ...

During his first foreign trip in 2013, Pope Francis made headlines when he carried his own black leather briefcase as he boarded the Alitalia charter bound for Brazil, since popes never carry bags and ...

EACH TIME A pope takes ill, the winds of a conclave always feel as if they are blowing.”These are the words of Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis, who was elected on 13 March 2013, has been in hospital for the past month and has been improving in recent days ...

On Thursday, Francis marks an important milestone: the 12th anniversary of his election as pope. The Holy See has not said how the anniversary, which is a public holiday in the Vatican, might be ...

He stayed there during the 2013 papal election but never left ... with teams of pilgrims coming to Rome and expecting to see the pope. Francis has a difficult balancing act.

After 38 days in hospital battling double pneumonia almost entirely out of sight, Pope Francis made his first public ...

And no one gave up.” Francis left the hospital on March 23 after 38 days in hospital, the longest of his four stays since his election as pope 12 years ago. The pontiff had a number of breathing ...

A group has launched a database aimed at vetting the responses of Roman Catholic cardinals to claims of sexual abuse in the ...