A little over a week after returning to the Vatican guesthouse to convalesce, the pope was showing gradual improvements in ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private chapel.

The pope’s embrace of literature and history is a sharp contrast to some of his predecessors, a medievalist explains.

In an April 1 update about the 88-year-old pontiff’s continued recovery, the Holy See Press Office said Pope Francis’ ...

COMMENTARY: Let us heed the great pope’s oft-repeated words, “Be not afraid!” and with courage respond to his witness and intercession to make fully practical this call to holiness he spent his ...

COMMENTARY: Though he died 20 years ago, John Paul remains a pope of the future.

One-third of a pound of methamphetamine hidden on the body of a 26-year-old man, a U.S. citizen, was seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officers ...