An Israeli shell slammed into the compound of the only Catholic church in the Gaza Strip on Thursday, killing three people ...

ROME — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday heads to the papal summer residence for a six-week vacation , giving the hilltop town of Castel ...

ROME (AP) — Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, the Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor, has died in Buenos Aires at age 98, the Vatican said Wednesday. Dri, a Capuchin friar, ...

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy -- Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the hilltop town back its most illustrious resident after ...

The head of Pope Francis' medical team says there was a crisis during the pontiff's battle with pneumonia so dire, they considered "whether to stop and let him go." ...

The Pope has had an “isolated” breathing crisis as he is treated in hospital in Rome, reports from the Vatican say. Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm on Friday that required mechanical ...

In a developing story, three people were confirmed dead and nine were injured, including a parish pastor, following what ...

Pope Leo XIV called on every parish and church group or association to become part of a "revolution" of care and gratitude by ...

Throughout his 12-year pontificate, Francis was an advocate for the poor and many saw his papacy as the start of a new era for the Catholic church, marked by greater inclusion and acceptance.