Renaissance and Reformation Papacy: Art and corruption The Renaissance ... foreshadowed the eventual loss of the Papal States in the 19th century. Pope Adrian I (772–795): 23 years — Adrian ...

Pope Francis is making his first public appearance in five weeks before being discharged Sunday from the hospital where he ...

Dr Miles Pattenden In a case of life imitating art, selecting a new ... Vatican protocol states that the Cardinal Chamberlain will approach the pope and call out his baptismal name three times.

Pope Francis returned home to the Vatican on Sunday after he was hospitalized for five weeks with a life-threatening bout of ...

As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of pilgrims continued to make their way to this hilltop town to pray at the tomb of St.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis woke up Tuesday to good news from his doctors ... Francis could see and hear the Rev. Roberto Pasolini, preacher of the papal household, but the priests, bishops, cardinals ...

ASSISI, Italy (AP) — As Pope Francis entered his third ... the hometown medieval saint whom the pontiff chose as his papal name. Groups from the United States, Ukraine and all over Italy made ...

ASSISI, Italy — As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital ... the hometown medieval saint whom the pontiff chose as his papal name. Groups from the United States, Ukraine and all over Italy ...

This phrase struck me while reading a short message on the subject of liturgy that Pope Francis gave on February ... in the spirit of the reform. Former papal master of ceremonies, Archbishop ...