Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly positive medical news ...

A chest X-ray confirmed improvements, the Vatican said Wednesday, just two days after doctors declared Francis is no longer ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly ...

Pope Francis received a surprise on the 12th anniversary of his papacy in the form of a cake. Pope Francis is having to ...

By the time of the First Council of Nicaea (325 AD), the Bishop of Rome had begun gaining influence, laying the foundation for what would become the papacy. With the fall of the Western Roman ...

Just as Popes John Paul II’s and Benedict’s final days revealed their understandings of the papacy, Francis’ illness has ...

ROME – Pope Francis has been in the hospital for the longest stay of his papacy, more than two weeks now. And while the latest updates from the Vatican report a slow and steady improvement from ...

ROME — The recovery of Pope Francis from double pneumonia continued Wednesday as he inched toward notching some important milestones in his papacy: The 12th anniversary Thursday of his election as ...

saying that despite the secret letter of resignation he wrote at the beginning of his election as bishop of Rome, Pope Francis believes the papacy is for life. "He's spoken various times about ...