Pope Francis’ frailty was on full view as he left Rome’s Gemelli hospital after five weeks battling pneumonia that nearly killed him.

The history of the papacy is filled with unusual, dramatic events. From a pope put on trial after death to a resignation that ...

Journalists and Vatican officials who have covered multiple pontificates describe the challenges, secrecy and unprecedented ...

The Vatican has released the first photograph of the pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten ...

Pope Francis was released home to the Vatican following a hospitalization in which he suffered two respiratory episodes that ...

A frail-looking Pope Francis returned to the Vatican Sunday after making his first public appearance in five weeks following ...

On March 25, the solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, the International Day of the Unborn Child is celebrated in more ...

she asked. "If you remember our old pope (John Paul II), he couldn’t speak up, but he showed up.” The first three weeks of ...

The release of the photo a month into his treatment came after dozens of young people gathered under the pontiff’s windows to ...