The pope’s embrace of literature and history is a sharp contrast to some of his predecessors, a medievalist explains.

After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at ...

Following a lengthy, five-week hospital stay at Rome's Gemelli Hospital while battling pneumonia, including moments where ...

The head of Pope Francis' medical team says there was a crisis during the pontiff's battle with pneumonia so dire, they ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, gives his homily during a Mass to pray for Pope Francis with ambassadors ...

In an April 1 update about the 88-year-old pontiff’s continued recovery, the Holy See Press Office said Pope Francis’ ...

An interview on economics and Catholic social teaching with Joseph E. Stiglitz, a Nobel Prize winning economist and a ...

In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the ...

Pope Francis places a red biretta on the head of new Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe, a British Dominican and theologian, during a ...

Pope Francis made his first public appearance in more than five weeks on Sunday, waving to a crowd from his window at Rome’s ...

An influential French cardinal aligned Pope Francis's stances was on Wednesday elected France's top bishop, as the country's ...

ANALYSIS: Who will lead the Holy Week liturgies? Will Francis meet in person with King Charles? These are just some of the ...