The history of the papacy is filled with unusual, dramatic events. From a pope put on trial after death to a resignation that ...

Pope Francis has been pictured for the first time since he was hospitalised over a month ago.

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, and Chicago-born Cardinals Robert Prevost and Wilton Gregory would be part ...

Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent, Christianity's 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving in preparation for Jesus ...

By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2025. There are 293 days left in the year. Today in ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy will lead the Ash Wednesday Mass at 12:10 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in ...

America also reported that a Vatican source said Pope Francis is stable, but the prognosis is guarded, which means he's not ...

Pope Francis has been hospitalized since Feb. 14 with bilateral pneumonia, and it's making some question whether he'll step ...

On his 21st day in Rome's Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis recorded a 27-second audio message thanking people for their prayers ...

Chicago-born Wilton Gregory was appointed the first African American cardinal in 2020 by Pope Francis. Until his January retirement, Cardinal Gregory was archbishop of Washington, D.C. Gregory ...

On March 13, 2013, Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope, choosing the papal name Francis. He was the first pontiff from the Americas, and the first from outside Europe since Pope Gregory ...