John Paul II had an appendectomy in October of 1996, but would not be hospitalized again until February of 2005, even though ...

As hundreds of Missionaries of Mercy gathered in Rome this weekend, Pope Francis commended their distinctive ministry of ...

Villa Barberini, situated within the Pontifical Villas of Castel Gandolfo, is a site of exceptional historical significance ...

Becoming an embryo and attaching and forming a fetus is evidence that there is a new individual that is “on the path.” This ...

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

Here’s a look at the Vatican, also known as the Holy See, the spiritual and governing center of the Roman Catholic Church. Facts The full name of the country is State of Vatican City. It stands on ...

A network of survivors of Catholic clergy sex abuse has announced a database of cardinals’ records on how they have handled ...

Before leaving the hospital, the Pope gave a thumbs-up to the crowd after he was wheeled out onto the balcony.

The Israeli Embassy to the Holy See has hit back against Pope Francis’s condemnation Sunday of the resumption of “heavy ...

While those same cardinals swear obedience to the pope, they will also eventually choose his successor from within their own ...

And yet Francis’ critics often complain that he’s authoritarian, that he takes decisions in a vacuum and without regard to ...