According to the Vatican, there have been 266 popes in the Catholic Church starting with St. Peter and going all the way up ...

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 ...

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

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

Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome as doctors treat a worsening respiratory infection that the Vatican has described ...

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

The Catholic Church has opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter without the participation of Pope Francis, who was ...

President Trump's "border czar" Tom Homan says Pope Francis should "stick to the Catholic Church," as the pontiff criticizes U.S. plans for mass deportations.

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