On the occasion of the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy, Pope Francis received hundreds of drawings, messages, ...

Best known for his iconic film scores, Morricone’s deep Catholic faith led him to compose a Mass that now stands among his greatest works.

The pope has emerged as an increasingly lonely moral voice against perilous global trends like nationalism and populism.

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14 after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...

Pope Francis’ clinical condition “remains stable” within “the complexity of his overall situation,” and the chest X-ray ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly positive medical news on his recovery and hundreds of messages wishing him well.

Pope Francis, 88, has been in a Rome hospital for 3 weeks, but he was well enough as he recovers from pneumonia to record a ...

Francis was elected on March 13 2013 as the 266th pontiff and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American choice.

Wednesday is the first day of lent, and many people in western Massachusetts received ashes at their church in the morning.

The pope's health was the prime focus of the Mass, celebrated by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican nuncio to the United ...

As worshipers entered the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Northeast Washington for the noon ...

Amid ongoing health issues facing Pope Francis, here is the process by the Vatican when a pontiff passes away.