Pope Leo XIV is anticipated to appoint Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet as the next Archbishop of New York, succeeding Cardinal Timothy Dolan ...

Since 2013, Pope Francis has confronted the Catholic Church's child sex abuse scandal by sanctioning clergy and mandating reporting. Despit...

Pope Francis is known for his humility, having refused to accept the $32,000 monthly salary from the Catholic Church. Instead, he donates o...

Vetican Pope Francis Health: Pope Francis is in critical but stable condition with double pneumonia. Despite his illness, he continues to w...

Pope Francis is undergoing treatment at a hospital as he continues fighting pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection. The 88-year-old ...

If Pope Francis resigns, a conclave will be convened to elect his successor. The Pope is traditionally chosen from the College of Cardinals...

Pope Francis has faced the challenge of clerical child sex abuse since becoming the Catholic Church's head in 2013. Despite key measures li...

In a rare move, Pope Francis removes Bishop Joseph Strickland from his post in Tyler, Texas. The 65-year-old bishop, a vocal critic of the ...

Pope Francis will be going through surgery on his abdomen and will be admitted to the hospital for a long duration. This has raised serious...

The Vatican announced the decision on Thursday, without giving any further information. Mulakkal, 59, was appointed bishop of the Diocese o...

Pope Benedict XVI died on New Year’s Eve at the age of 95 and he happens to be the first Pope to resign from his duties in 600 years of pap...

The former pontiff died after about a year in captivity; his successor, one of the most ambitious of medieval popes, eventually fell into a...

Speaking to a Spanish newspaper, Pope Francis claimed he gave the note to Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, the Vatican's secretary of state.

Pope Francis , 85, was peppered with questions about the future of his pontificate following the first trip in which he used a wheelchair, ...

In an exclusive interview in his Vatican residence, Francis also denied rumours that he had cancer, joking that his doctors "didn't tell me...

It was announced recently that in August, Pope Francis would be visiting L’Aquila, the Central city of Italy for a feast initiated by Pope ...

Italian and Catholic media have been rife with unsourced speculation that the 85-year-old Francis might be planning to follow in Benedict's...