The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, ...

Despite his hospitalization, Francis has been actively participating in the Vatican's Lenten spiritual retreat remotely via ...

Pope Francis' approach to LGBTQ issues marked a major, if mixed, shift in tone for the Catholic Church -- from scorn to ...

On Thursday, the Vatican will mark the 12th anniversary of Francis’ election, the first with the pope out of sight but still ...

"The night was quiet, the pope was resting," the Holy See, the Vatican's press office, said in a brief statement on Sunday morning.

Francis has weighed in publicly before on ethics for end-of-life medical situations, but it is unknown whether he has made ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

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

And there are no specific norms outlining what happens to the leadership of the Catholic Church if a pope becomes totally incapacitated. As a result, even though Pope Francis remains hospitalized in ...