The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...

Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...

Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis, the ...

The Vatican said on Wednesday evening that Pope Francis' condition was "stable" despite his pneumonia diagnosis. The blood ...

Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...

In a Feb. 10 letter, Pope Francis urged the U.S. bishops to stay the course in their support for generous immigration ...

The Catholic Diocese of Jackson, Mississippi has responded to reports that Pope Francis has shown the onset of double ...

When we narrate the history of the church from the perspective of Black nuns,” says historian Shannen Dee Williams, “myths ...

Pope Francis has been diagnosed with double pneumonia, with the 88-year-old head of the Roman Catholic Church reportedly ...

Immigration is a topic that evokes very strong emotions in many people. I write not as an expert on immigration, or from a ...

Pope Francis remains in good spirits as he battles a respiratory infection that required the 88-year-old head of the Roman ...

Fr. Clive Dytor is one of many married ex-Anglican clergy who quit the Church of England in the wake of its 1992 decision to ...