Francis has weighed in publicly before on ethics for end-of-life medical situations, but it is unknown whether he has made ...

Pope Francis' approach to LGBTQ issues marked a major, if mixed, shift in tone for the Catholic Church -- from scorn to ...

Pope Francis had a "peaceful night" on Saturday, after recovering from a coughing fit. The news came in a Holy See press ...

The leader of the Catholic Church, 88-year old Pope Francis, has been ill and in hospital suffering from double pneumonia. As ...

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

Pope Francis is recovering after suffering a "sudden worsening of his respiratory condition," the Vatican said.

TORVAIANICA, Italy (AP) — Moira Camila Garnica and a group of fellow migrant transgender women have been gathering at their ...

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to ...

The 88-year-old pope who has been hospitalized in Rome since February 14, did not have any further respiratory crises ...

I pray above all for peace. From here, war appears even more absurd,” Pope Francis said in a message from his bed in Rome’s ...

When Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign in 600 years it sent shockwaves through the Catholic Church.