Pope Benedict XVI officially stepped down as leader of the Roman Catholic Church, citing a "lack of strength of mind and body ...

Pope Francis' condition continued to improve on Thursday, with the pontiff alternating between high-flow oxygen therapy and ventimask, according to the Vatican.

Pope Francis reached the two-week mark in his recovery from pneumonia Friday as doctors suggested he had overcome the most ...

The Vatican press office has released a statement saying the pope had a peaceful evening of rest in hospital and is ...

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

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

The Vatican has not announced Pope Francis is resigning, contrary to online claims. Further, his successor would be elected by Cardinals, not Francis.

The Vatican says that Pope Francis continues to improve from double pneumonia Thursday, though doctors say he needs more days ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

People pray for Pope Francis in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where the Pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb.

Cardinal Robert McElroy, who is getting ready to take over as archbishop of Washington, D.C. in March, called for compassion and dignity for migrants Thursday. Speaking at a news conference at the ...