Pope Francis, “wisely” following doctors’ advice, will skip Sunday’s customary public blessing to allow himself to better ...

While his recovery has been uneventful, his surgeon said any major exertion could send the pope right back to the operating ...

Its sheer size suggests the wisdom — although probably the futility, too — of Pope Francis’s plea that his apostolic exhortation “on love in the family” be read “patiently and ...

Pope Francis was back making jokes following an abdominal operation that went off without any complications, the surgeon in ...

Rep. Paul Gosar, a Republican from Arizona in his third term in Congress, attracted more attention than he ever has before by announcing that he would boycott Pope Francis’s speech to his ...

Mario Jose Francisco Bergoglio (R), the pope’s father, had come to Argentina from Italy’s Piedmont region with his parents and five siblings in 1928 The pope, Barbaro said, is a “Peronist ...

Pope Francis raised some eyebrows while discussing sex abusers, whom he labeled “children of God” who deserve love and “pastoral care” — as well revolting “enemies” who must be punished.

Pope Francis was admitted to a Rome hospital for abdominal surgery on Wednesday afternoon after developing a painful hernia ...

Pope Francis last week told editors of the European cultural magazines of the Society of Jesus that, in his opinion, World War III had been declared, it was reported Tuesday by La Civilta Cattolica.

A catholic leader with Eastern Washington and Tri-Cities ties has just been lifted to a new position by Pope Francis.

Here is a look at the life of Pope Francis, the current pope and first non-European pontiff of the modern era. Personal Birth ...

One week after meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Pope Francis urged that “we must not get used to war” as he prayed for peace in Ukraine and Sudan. In his Regina Caeli ...