The head of Pope Francis' medical team says there was a crisis during the pontiff's battle with pneumonia so dire, they considered "whether to stop and let him go." ...

Papua New Guinea is set to have its first saint. Pope Francis approved the canonization of Blessed Peter To Rot on Monday, ...

He rose in the Roman Catholic Church before allegations of abusing minors and seminarians and an investigation led Pope ...

The cardinal was defrocked by Pope Francis in 2019 after a Vatican investigation determined he sexually molested adults and ...

The former cardinal was expelled from the priesthood after the church found him guilty of sexual abuse. He was accused in ...

Pope Francis' hospitalization has come to an end after facing a bout of pneumonia and other medical issues. CBS News' Chris Livesay has more on the latest details revealed about the pontiff's health.

Defrocked Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, who faced sexual abuse allegations in Massachusetts and elsewhere, has died.

A Vatican report on McCarrick contained testimony from people who tried to raise the alarm about his inappropriate behavior, including with children, in the mid-1980s.