When Pope Francis was elected to the papacy in February, he did so with a clear mandate to eliminate what many Catholics see as mismanagement, and even corruption, within the Vatican central ...

VATICAN CITY March 15, 2013— -- A Vatican spokesman hit back today at accusations that newly elected Pope Francis is in any way to blame for the kidnappings of two Jesuit priests during ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was in critical but stable condition Tuesday as he worked from the hospital while battling double pneumonia, and the Vatican announced some major governing decisions ...

ROME and LONDON -- The Vatican press office released photos on Thursday of Pope Francis recovering after undergoing intestinal surgery. Francis was checked into Gemelli hospital in Rome Wednesday ...

Pope Francis Through the Years. 2. Helping the HomelessIn the true spirit of giving, Pope Francis received 400 sleeping bags with the seal of the Vatican sewed on as his birthday present that were ...

“The new revelations confirms that Pope Francis restricted the Traditional Mass at the request of only a minority of bishops, and against the advice of the dicastery in charge of the subject,” Joseph ...

Pope Francis' trip presents a "tremendous challenge." — -- Ensuring the security of a world dignitary can be a huge logistical challenge, but when that dignitary also loves to mingle with the ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday and blood tests show "mild renal insufficiency" but he remains alert and “well-oriented,” and attended Mass, the Vatican said, as the 88-year ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass were only part of the evidence he consulted before cracking down on the ...

Pope Francis receives the Swiss Guards in audience in the Clementine Hall at the Vatican as they prepare for the traditional swearing-in ceremony for new recruits held annually on May 6, 2024 ...

Pope Francis presides over the opening of the upcoming "24 hours for the Lord" event, a Lenten initiative of prayer and reconciliation, at St Pius V Catholic Parish in Rome on March 8, 2024. [AFP ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Leo XIV has appointed a new president for the Vatican’s Pontifical Academy for Life, a bioethics think tank that Catholic conservatives criticized under Pope Francis ...