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

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 ...

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 ...

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 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 ...

Using Rembrandt’s painting “Return of the Prodigal Son” as inspiration, the Holy Father said God’s love is like that of a ...