Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in 1626 ...

A Vatican spokesman told journalists the pope had wanted to get some air and then decided to extend his time outside of his ...

In one of the most poverty-stricken areas of Lima, Peru, where hopelessness has long prevailed, a man who once rejected the ...

The Sodalitium of Christian Life, a powerful ultraconservative Catholic group dissolved by Pope Francis on January 14 due to ...

The big picture: It marked the 88-year-old pontiff's first public appearance since leaving on March 23 Rome's Gemelli ...

Less than two weeks after his release from a Rome hospital, Pope Francis made an appearance at St. Peter's Square in the ...

Pope Francis has made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and medical ...

Pope Francis made a surprise appearance at St. Peter’s Square on Sunday, two weeks after he finished a recent hospital stay.

After being hospitalized for life-threatening double pneumonia, the 88-year-old pontiff thanked the faithful in St. Peter's ...

Pope Francis was wheeled through a crowd that included health care workers from around the world, who had been told he was ...