According to the Vatican, there have been 266 popes in the Catholic Church starting with St. Peter and going all the way up ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to Holy Week ...

Pope Francis' approach to LGBTQ issues marked a major, if mixed, shift in tone for the Catholic Church -- from scorn to ...

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

With Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the ...

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Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome as doctors treat a worsening respiratory infection that the Vatican has described ...

Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...

President Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan says Pope Francis should "stick to the Catholic Church," as the pontiff criticizes U.S. plans for mass deportations.

Pope Francis is continuing his recovery from double pneumonia as the Vatican’s Holy Year is proceeding without him ...