Using Rembrandt’s painting “Return of the Prodigal Son” as inspiration, the Holy Father said God’s love is like that of a father who goes out in search of his lost children.

ROME — Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in ...

Pope Francis has taken the first step toward making Antoni Gaudí, the famed architect of Barcelona’s Sagrada Família, a saint. On Monday (April 14), Pope Francis recognized the “heroic virtues” of the ...

Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of one woman and five men, including Antoni Gaudí, the Spanish architect who ...

A convalescing Pope Francis made a surprise in-person appearance when he greeted the crowd in St. Peter's Square on Palm Sunday, another reassuring sign of his recovery from a life-threatening ...

After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at home in the Vatican ... many speculated that life was about to imitate art.

The 88-year-old Pope Francis lifted his hands to wave to the crowd, who stood and applauded, as he was rolled to the front of ...

Appearing publicly in street clothes for the first time as pontiff, Pope Francis went into St. Peter’s Basilica to pray and ...

Pope Francis leaves in a car the Agostino Gemelli ... place in front of the Salus populi Romani icon. The Byzantine-style painting on wood is revered by Romans and is so important to Francis ...

VATICAN CITY — A frail Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday ... The Byzantine-style painting on wood is revered by Romans and is so important to Francis that he has chosen to be ...

After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at ... that life was about to imitate art. Dr. Sergio Alfieri, head of ...