A Mass was held in St. Peter's Basilica Friday in honor of Pope Francis as the 88-year-old marked two milestones this week: ...

On the occasion of the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy, Pope Francis received hundreds of drawings, messages, ...

Christopher Collins, the vice president for mission at the University of St. Thomas, said as he headed to a mass on Ash Wednesday, the beginning of a Lenten season in which Pope Francis, 88 and ailing ...

On Wednesday, on the anniversary of his installation as pope 12 years ago, Francis celebrated Mass with other priests ... The word conclave — from the Latin “with key” — refers to the ...

March 19, was a positive day for Pope Francis according to the latest medical report from his doctors in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, which the Vatican released at 7 p.m. this evening.

Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his ...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio was elected head of the Catholic Church, taking the name Francis. He became the first Jesuit and the ...

Pope Francis has marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly positive medical ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his papacy Thursday with increasingly positive medical updates four ...