And the postulator of St. John Paul II's sainthood cause, Msgr. Slawomir Oder, in 2010 published the letters Pope John Paul ...
Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.
Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...
Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.
Pope Francis wants to convene a consistory, a meeting of cardinals at the Vatican. There would be nothing unusual about this, ...
The Vatican also released Francis' message for Lent, which runs from March 5 to April 17. The message, dated Feb. 6, ...
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.
Pope Francis was in critical but stable condition Tuesday as he worked from the hospital while battling double pneumonia, and ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was in critical but stable condition Tuesday, with his blood parameters remaining stable and no new ...
Canon law states that a pope can resign, but it stipulates that the papal resignation must be “made freely and properly ...
Pope Francis remained in critical but stable condition Tuesday, with his blood parameters remaining stable as he works from ...