Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.
The Vatican issued a medical update saying Pope Francis' prognosis remains "guarded," but he is "alert" and even joking with visitors.
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...
Pope Francis' condition remains critical after developing pneumonia in both lungs earlier this month, but the Vatican said he ...
Renowned Korean War military chaplain and Kansas native Emil Joseph Kapaun was declared “venerable” by Pope Francis on ...
As Pope Francis fought for his life in a Rome hospital, Maggie Forney was praying for him 6,000 miles away at the Los Angeles ...
Pope Francis did not mention either Donald Trump nor Vice President JD Vance by name in his letter to American bishops, but ...
Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.