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

In an interview with an Italian newspaper, Pope Francis’ lead doctor described in some detail the two critical situations ...

Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order is making a broad gesture of reparations to some 20 women who say they were sexually, ...

Pope Francis continues to be in stable condition and has registered improvements in both breathing and speech, the Vatican ...

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During his first foreign trip in 2013, Pope Francis made headlines when he carried his own black leather briefcase as he ...

Francis has sought to normalize the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp while still wielding the awesome ...

The pope advocated for studying church history in a way that is unfiltered and authentic, flaws included. He emphasized primary sources and urged students to ask questions. Francis criticized the view ...

NEW YORK (AP) — Pope Francis’ Jesuit religious order is making a broad gesture of reparations to some 20 women who say they were sexually, psychologically and spiritually abused by a famous ex ...

Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his ...

Francis's pneumonia has not been "eliminated", but was "under control", it said. At the weekend, the Vatican said the Jesuit ...