The 87-year-old pontiff – who turns 88 next month – enacted a new set of liturgical rites aimed at modernizing the Catholic ...

ROME, NOV 30 - Pope Francis on Saturday told a group of French lawmakers visiting the Vatican that those in the terminal ...

In a new formal rite published on Wednesday, the Vatican said Francis will forego a centuries-old practice of burying the ...

Pope Francis announced this week that he intends on having a much more simple funeral than those of his predecessors at the ...

"Pray for me because my work is very fast-paced and my motorcycle is old and doesn't work well." Pope Francis often jokes ...

Pope Francis said on Thursday he planned to visit Turkey's Iznik next year for the anniversary of the first council of the ...

Pope Francis has approved new rites for his own funeral for when he dies to simplify rituals and be buried outside the ...

Pope Francis’s down-to-earth style has become a trademark of his papacy. New rules for papal burials are another step to seal ...

Pope Francis, known for his humility and rejection of extravagance, has announced that he will forego many of the traditional ...

Pope Francis is warning that the Vatican’s troubled pension fund faces a “serious imbalance” and cannot guarantee future ...

While Pope Francis has criticized the war before, this is the first time he has publicly suggested an investigation, ...

The early centuries of Christianity were marked by debate about how Jesus could be both God and man, and the Church decided ...