The late pontiff’s health concerns in recent years led to contenders to succeed him foreseeing a papabile ahead of his death ...

In his April prayer intention, Pope Francis called on Catholics to use new technologies to serve everyone, especially the most vulnerable, to care for the earth, and to ensure they do not replace ...

In an increasingly global Catholic Church, an Italian pope is still possible — but not probable. View on euronews ...

Becciu rose to prominence and power under conservative Pope Benedict XVI and is very much affiliated with the conservative Vatican old guard. While he initially became a close adviser to Pope Francis, ...

The date was chief on the agenda of cardinals holding informal meetings Monday to work out church business following the April 21 death of Pope Francis. They held off on announcing the opening of the ...

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Yemen’s Houthi rebels on Monday alleged a U.S. airstrike hit a prison holding African ...

Pope Francis was a blessed bulwark against the further coarsening and dividing of humanity. He did so with grace, dignity and ...

Upon receiving the news of Pope Francis’s passing on Monday morning, however, tears, accompanied by deep fears of the future ...

Pope Francis presides over a Rosary prayer for peace on Oct. 6, 2024, in the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome. The prayer ...

Even from his hospital bed, Pope Francis continued his near-daily video calls in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza.

Everyone recalled, with Cardinal Re's homily, Pope Francis' words on peace, how war is always a defeat, and on the fraternity that we so often deny, on the need to understand that no one is saved ...

It has been ten days since Pope Francis has been recovering at the Vatican. On April 1st, the Holy See Press Office communicated, on the occasion of a new press briefing, about the “stable ...