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After learning that his bronchitis was reacting well to antibiotic treatment and that he might be released “in the coming days,” doctors advised Pope Francis to prepare for a third day in the hospital on Friday....

Nearly ten years after becoming the first pope to step down in six centuries, the Vatican announced on Saturday that former pope Benedict XVI had passed away at the age of 95. Two “men in white”...

In response to worries of a Russian invasion, Pope Francis stated on Wednesday that “increasingly worrisome scenarios” were emerging in Ukraine, threatening “all peace.” “Despite these past weeks’ diplomatic efforts, new dangerous situations are arising,” the...

Prime Minister Narendra Modi invited Pope Francis to visit India on Saturday, marking a big step forward for the Catholic Church’s leader, who has long sought an official invitation to the Hindu-majority nation. “I had a...

Pope Francis was spotted at the Vatican last Wednesday by a diverse participant among ordinary visitors. He is ‘Spiderman’. He appeared at the Vatican’s San Damaso Courtyard in a red-and-black-and-blue outfit for Spiderman’s comic and movie...

Pope Francis has defrocked two Chilean bishops who have been caught up in the country’s widening sexual abuse crisis, the Vatican said on Saturday. The Vatican named the two men as Francisco José Cox Huneeus, 84,...

Pope Francis on Saturday accepted the resignation as a cardinal of Theodore McCarrick, the former archbishop of Washington, D.C. and one of the U.S. Catholic Church’s most prominent figures, who has been at the center of...

Pope Francis called for “transparent dialogue” between the two Koreas on Wednesday, urging leaders at the first inter-Korean summit in more than a decade to act with courage to foster regional and world peace. South Korean...

Pope Francis called on Sunday for an end to the violence in Nicaragua, where at least six people have died in protests against unpopular changes in social security. Speaking to tens of thousands of people in...

Pope Francis said on Wednesday he will make the first papal trip to Ireland in nearly 40 years, visiting Dublin Aug. 25-26 for a Church meeting on families. There had been speculation that the pope would...