The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

Serving life by caring for others is “the supreme law” that comes before all of society’s rules, Pope Leo XIV said in his ...

“Francis has been a pope of powerful surprises, so it would be foolish to predict his next initiatives,” Cardinal Michael Czerny, who leads the Vatican office for human development, told CNN.

VATICAN CITY, April 22 (Reuters) - Pope Francis' funeral will be held on Saturday in St. Peter's Square, Roman Catholic cardinals decided on Tuesday, setting the stage for a solemn ceremony that ...

Pope Francis has died, the Vatican announced on Monday—after months of health ailments, including a bout of severe pneumonia—ending a more than decade-long reign where he pushed to make the ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke, which led to a coma and ultimately “irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse,’’ the Vatican announced Monday afternoon.

Pope Francis celebrating mass in the chapel of Agostino Gemelli polyclinic in Rome on March 16, 2025. Vatican Press Hall, Via AP. No one else is visible in the picture, released by Vatican, which ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for just over two weeks fighting double pneumonia, is in a stable condition and has not had further breathing crises, the Vatican said on ...

Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after suffering from a respiratory crisis — one that required oxygen treatments, the Vatican said. The pope, 88, was hospitalized a week ago with ...

Though hospitalized in critical condition, Pope Francis was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of state to approve new decrees for possible saints and make some major governing decisions.

Pope Francis, in critical condition battling double pneumonia, had a “tranquil” night, was alert and had rested after a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, the Vatican said on Sunday.

The Vatican described Pope Francis' final hours before his death on Easter Monday, sharing the 88-year-old pontiff's last words before falling into a coma.