When a pope dies, after the camerlengo certifies the passing, the pope's ring is removed and destroyed to mark the end of his ...
Pope Francis has spent a peaceful night at Rome’s Gemelli hospital and continues his recovery today, Vatican spokesman Matteo ...
ROME — Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old pontiff continued fighting pneumonia and a complex respiratory infection, the ...
The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...
In a newly written letter to Catholic bishops in the United States, Pope Francis has strongly condemned one of Trump’s ...
The dispute involves Catholic precepts on immigration and charity—which the Church has administered for decades through U.S.A ...
Pope Francis has been in and out of the hospital several times over the past few years, previously undergoing abdominal ...
The condition, which entails pneumonia in both lungs, is potentially grave, according to health experts. Pope Francis, who ...
The U.S. border czar has pushed back against Pope Francis' criticism of the U.S. mass deportation of migrants plan.