Amid ongoing health issues facing Pope Francis, here is the process by the Vatican when a pontiff passes away.

After Pope Francis put out a call to be thoughtful about AI’s deployment, a delegation of Massachusetts public officials will ...

Pope Francis experienced an isolated bronchial spasm resulting in a temporary setback in his hospitalization treatment for ...

Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm on Friday that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation.

Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors said Wednesday his prognosis is ...

The Vatican said Friday that Pope Francis is on a breathing machine after suffering a sudden respiratory episode during his ...

Vice President Vance on Friday said that American Catholics focus too much on criticism coming from clergy members, in ...

Vance praised Pope Francis for a 2020 sermon, delivered during the Covid pandemic, that brought him solace after he stockpiled on ammunition and rice.

Pope Francis’ declining health in recent weeks has sparked renewed curiosity about Vatican traditions. The 88-year-old pope, who has been battling double pneumonia in hospital for two weeks, had an ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy has criticized the removal of immunity for houses of worship from immigration enforcement, calling it ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...