In his later years, however, Francis turned even further away from the legacy of John Paul II and instead pivoted toward the legacy of Pope Pius XII, the pontiff whose tenure began shortly before ...

Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his priorities and vision for the Church.

A Pope Francis II would signify continuity with the late pontiff’s pastoral legacy and his prioritizing of the marginalized. Francis himself quipped that his successor would be John XXIV, after ...

The Vatican says leaked documents that seemingly undermined Pope Francis’ stated reason for restricting the old Latin Mass ...

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

The Pontiff will stay on the hilltop Vatican property from the afternoon of July 6 to the afternoon of July 20. Part of the ...

Pope Leo XIV is signalling his commitment to continuing the fight against clergy sexual abuse. He has appointed a French ...

ROME -- Cardinal Luis Pascual Dri, the Argentine priest whom Pope Francis held up as the model confessor, has died in Buenos ...

The world must resist the allure of modern weapons that threaten to give conflicts a ferocity surpassing that of previous ...

Whether it is Francis II, Leo XIV, or a never-before-used name, a new pope's chosen name sends an early signal about his priorities and vision for the Church.