March 13, 2025, marks Francis' 12th anniversary as pope. He holds the ninth longest papacy of the past 200 years.

In the Feb. 3 statement released by the Vatican’s Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development, the Holy Father chose ...

At his Wednesday audience, when he’s in good health, Pope Francis hosts the “Sposi Novelli,” inviting newlyweds from around ...

Pope Francis presides over a prayer service at St Pius V Catholic Parish in Rome on March 8, 2024. AFP via Getty Images ...

Twenty years ago, as Pope St. John Paul II entered the last weeks of his life, I wrote that a papal “deathwatch” — as some inelegantly styled it — was really a “lifewatch.” John Paul ...

An old saying about the Vatican states that “the pope is never sick until he’s dead,” and this position has held true in ...

Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

After Pope Francis prayed for the area during the wildfires, LA Catholics are returning the sentiment and support.

Francis has weighed in publicly before on ethics for end-of-life medical situations, but it is unknown whether he has made ...

Pope Francis presides over a prayer service at St Pius V Catholic Parish in Rome on March 8, 2024. AFP via Getty Images Noninvasive ventilation involves administering oxygen through a mouthpiece ...

More young Catholics devoted to the Traditional Latin Mass attend both diocesan parishes and the Society of St. Pius X, but ...