Renowned Korean War military chaplain and Kansas native Emil Joseph Kapaun was declared “venerable” by Pope Francis on ...

Canon law states that a pope can resign, but it stipulates that the papal resignation must be “made freely and properly ...

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition, many of you may be wondering what the next steps would be for the Catholic Church if he were to pass. WXXV Spoke to Father Augustine of Bay St. Louis who ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Catholic Diocese of Wichita announced on Monday that Father Emil Kapaun has been named “venerable.

The 88-year-old was well enough to meet senior Vatican colleagues in hospital despite still being in critical condition with ...

Our Lady, Undoer of Knots is a favorite Marian devotion of Pope Francis. Pope Francis has been devoted to you, and you have ...

Entrusting the pope "to the powerful intercession of most holy Mary," the cardinal said, "may she sustain him in this time of ...

ROME -- Pope Francis "rested well, all night long" in the hospital, Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday morning. Francis, 88, has been hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

A "silent genocide" — mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994 — is occurring in eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, ...

Despite his hospital stay, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church. But what if his health continues to decline ...

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, ...