Pope Francis turns 87 next week and has shown almost no sign of slowing down. “Almost” because, on doctor’s orders, he canceled his planned visit to Dubai for COP28, the annual United ...

Pope Francis, the reform-minded Roman Catholic leader who guided the church through an era of crisis, died Monday, April 21, a day after appearing at St. Peter’s Square to offer members of the ...

Pope Francis captures imagination of the world 02:17. CHICAGO -- Popes have quite a few titles. Francis is also – among other things – Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Christ and Supreme Pontiff of ...

For the first time in the history of the synod, Pope Francis has given women the right to vote and has also made a radical change to the membership of the Synod of Bishops on Synodality.

Pope Francis’s hospitalization is being followed closely and with great concern in Argentina, his homeland, which he left on Feb. 27, 2013 for the conclave that elected him pope, but to which he ...

Pope Francis suggested the church could be open to civil unions — March 5, 2014 Francis said in an interview that the church could be open to same-sex civil unions, a view he had first voiced as ...

Time named Pope Francis its person of the year Wednesday after nine months of a papacy that has brought praise from reformers and fears among ... The magazine’s international editor, ...

Pope Francis has been named the 2013 Time Magazine Person of the Year by its editors voting him the most influential global newsmaker. Franco Origlia / Getty Images/ File It's been a whirlwind ...

Pope Francis welcomes Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky at the entrance to the formal meeting rooms at the back of the audience hall at the Vatican May 13, 2023.

Pope Francis waves from a car as he leaves Rome's Gemelli hospital April 1, 2023. The 86-year-old pope, who had been hospitalized since March 29 for treatment of bronchitis.