The pope’s words emphasized his humility and belief that simple acts of devotion could unite the church. His illness has made ...

Francis was elected on March 13, 2013 as the 266th pontiff — and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pope.

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Ukraine and Russia traded attacks overnight with at least a dozen people injured, four of them children, in Russian drone and ...

On Wednesday, the Vatican had said that Francis remained ... papam” or “We have a pope.” Elisabetta Povoledo is a reporter based in Rome, covering Italy, the Vatican and the culture of ...

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...

A Mass was held in St. Peter's Basilica Friday in honor of Pope Francis as the 88-year-old marked two milestones this week: his 12-year anniversary as pontiff and the one-month mark since he was ...

On the occasion of the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy, Pope Francis received hundreds of drawings, messages, ...

As he enters his 13th year as pope, Francis stands tall as the moral authority in today’s world, a voice pleading for ...

Pope Francis has begun his 28th consecutive day in hospital on the 12th anniversary of when he was elected pope in 2013 following five ballots in a papal conclave.