Although it's not an official U.S. holiday, many Irish and non-Irish Americans spend St. Patrick's Day celebrating and binge ...

Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

Renowned Korean War military chaplain and Kansas native Emil Joseph Kapaun was declared “venerable” by Pope Francis on ...

Canon law states that a pope can resign, but it stipulates that the papal resignation must be “made freely and properly ...

Pope Francis was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of state to approve new decrees for possible saints and make ...

ROME -- Pope Francis "rested well, all night long" in the hospital, Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday morning. Francis, 88, has been hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb ...

Archbishop Pérez joined Daylesford Abbey for, “Pilgrims of Hope: A Concert for Racial Healing.” The concert aimed to lift the ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

A "silent genocide" — mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994 — is occurring in eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, ...

Despite his hospital stay, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church. But what if his health continues to decline ...

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, ...