For approximately 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, Rome is the axis around which the entire cosmos turns. It is often said ...

People in Rome and the Vatican are relying on their faith as they cope with the daily anxiety waiting to hear about the ...

What happens when a pope is incapacitated? Is he still pope? Pope Francis remains hospitalized in critical condition with a ...

When you visit Our Lady's Gifts in Little Italy, it feels like you are in a church. Maybe that's because it used to be one.

Catholics in Rome gathered to pray outside the hospital where Pope Francis is being treated and remains in a 'critical' ...

Pope Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli University Hospital ... Pope Leo XIII was the oldest pope to serve the Catholic church. He served until his death in 1903 at the age of 93.

Pope Francis continued his slow recovery from double pneumonia on Thursday, beating back speculation of an imminent death, ...

Here’s an interactive map that shows many of the pilgrimage sites that have been designated across the U.S. for the jubilee ...

Francis, who has been pope since 2013, is originally from Argentina and is the first Catholic pontiff from the Americas. On ...

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held his title for 12 years. What to know about the Jesuit.

The Pan-Ukrainian Day of Prayer included a Mass for peace at St. John Lateran Basilica, presided over by Cardinal Baldassarre ...

Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...