For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power.

The papal states were no more. First Pius IX and later popes could not imagine how the papacy could maintain its independence without control over sovereign territory. They declared themselves ...

Celebrating with a cake with twelve candles, as many as his years of pontificate, the eighty-eight-year-old Pontiff entered ...

America also reported that a Vatican source said Pope Francis is stable, but the prognosis is guarded, which means he's not ...

An old saying about the Vatican states that “the pope is never sick until he’s dead,” and this position has held true in ...

Sequestered cardinals would not tarry in long discussions, especially when they were away from the comfort of their own palaces, allowed only a single attendant and sleeping in simple cells. If they ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, and Chicago-born Cardinals Robert Prevost and Wilton Gregory would be part ...

ASSISI, Italy — As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of pilgrims continued to ...

Pope Francis has been known for his down-to-earth leadership, support of marginalized communities and interreligious dialogue.

Pope Francis has transformed the church from an institution in which a few called the shots to a church of the people of God.