The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Pope Francis spent his seventh day in hospital on Thursday, where he is being treated for pneumonia, as cardinals expressed ...

While Pope Francis battles pneumonia in hospital, work at the Vatican, headquarters of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church ...

The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...

The Argentine pope, who has previously admitted to being a non-compliant patient, has a number of conditions that make him ...

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

The “School of Arts and Crafts” of the Fabbrica di San Pietro is offering a free, six-month training course with a ...

Tests confirmed the 88-year-old pontiff had developed pneumonia in both lungs in a further complication that raised concerns ...

Pope Francis slept well, got out of bed and ate breakfast Wednesday, the Vatican said, after tests confirmed the 88-year-old ...

Museum of London Archaeology researchers recently discovered remains of London's first Roman basilica near the city's ...