Pope Francis has made a brief Easter Sunday appearance to bless the thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square VATICAN CITY -- VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis made a brief appearance on Easter ...

Pope Francis spent Holy Thursday visiting those serving time in a Rome prison. Despite recovering from a bout of pneumonia, Francis met with dozens of inmates at Regina Coeli prison as he kept an ...

A rarity. A Jesuit Pope? An impossibility. A humble Jesuit Pope? A miracle!” Pope Francis’s pontificate has been both improbable, and in its own way, miraculous. From his first public words ...

Francis delegated to two cardinals his role in presiding over Easter masses. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis arrived on Thursday to meet with inmates at a prison in Rome amid the Catholic Holy ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis visited Rome’s main prison Thursday and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, as cardinals were designated to take his place ...

But this year is different. Pope Francis, who is still recovering from double pneumonia which nearly ended his life, is unable to lead the services as he has done in previous years. His severe ...

The 88-year-old Francis was a no-show at Holy Thursday Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. But there were unconfirmed reports in the Italian media that he hoped to visit Rome’s central prison later ...

Pope Francis, still recovering after his recent hospitalization for double pneumonia, made a surprise visit to Rome’s Regina Coeli prison on Holy Thursday, continuing his long-standing tradition ...

VATICAN CITY, April 18 (Reuters) - Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, did not attend an annual procession on Friday at Rome's Colosseum with thousands of Catholic faithful for ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Pope Francis is dead at 88, the Vatican announced. Follow live updates and read his full obituary. Pope Francis on Wednesday held an audience with dozens ...

Happy Monday! We hope all who celebrated yesterday had a blessed Easter! We’ll keep today’s newsletter short in light of the ...