The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

The Catholic Church will continue to allow blessings for same-sex couples — but not recognition for their unions as ...

The tiny, but vocal group of Catholics trying to perpetuate the Tridentine Rite are pressuring Pope Leo to stop phasing out ...

Pope Francis died of a stroke, which led to a coma and ultimately “irreversible cardiocirculatory collapse,’’ the Vatican announced Monday afternoon.

Following the death of Pope Francis, the Vatican is reeling from unresolved scandals, crumbling finances, and a widening gap between tradition and reform. This video explores the legacy of Francis, ...

Pope Francis has died, the Vatican announced on Monday—after months of health ailments, including a bout of severe pneumonia—ending a more than decade-long reign where he pushed to make the ...

The pope's death at age 88 ends a 12-year papacy that began with the historic resignation of Francis' predecessor in 2013. Now a period of mourning begins along with a process to select a new pope.

The Vatican described Pope Francis' final hours before his death on Easter Monday, sharing the 88-year-old pontiff's last words before falling into a coma.

Pope Francis in St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican celebrates the mass for the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, Joseph Ratzinger, on Jan. 5, 2023.

At the beginning of Pope Francis's papacy in 2013 his controversial predecessor handed him a large white box stuffed with confidential documents relating to the "most difficult and painful ...

Pope Francis has "bilateral pneumonia" and continues to receive medical care at a hospital in Rome, the Vatican announced on Tuesday. "Laboratory tests, chest X-ray, and the Holy Father's clinical ...

Pope Francis died Monday morning at the age of 88, according to Cardinal Kevin Ferrell, the Vatican camerlengo. Ferrell said Francis returned to the house of the Father at 7:35 a.m.