According to the Vatican, there have been 266 popes in the Catholic Church starting with St. Peter and going all the way up ...

The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, ...

"The night was quiet, the pope was resting," the Holy See, the Vatican's press office, said in a brief statement on Sunday morning.

Pope Francis' approach to LGBTQ issues marked a major, if mixed, shift in tone for the Catholic Church -- from scorn to ...

Francis has weighed in publicly before on ethics for end-of-life medical situations, but it is unknown whether he has made ...

And there are no specific norms outlining what happens to the leadership of the Catholic Church if a pope becomes totally ...

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

The Argentine pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, has remained in stable ...