The leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics is recovering from double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital.

Yemen’s Houthis “are testing a model of 21st-century piracy that, if successful, will be made permanent and likely copied by ...

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When 130 cardinals gather in Rome to elect a new pope, intrigue and politics aren't very far behind, writes Dan Slevin.

No reason, however grave it may be ... abstinence. 2) Pope John Paul II also endorsed NFP completely, when used for the right reasons. 3) So also does Benedict XVI. They all recognize that ...

Titus 3:3-5 Once again the Catholic Church is being accused of another grave scandal ... towards the clergy than the laity. In 1839, Pope Gregory XVI issued a Bull, entitled In Supremo.

Pope Francis has entered his fourth week in the hospital with double pneumonia. Francis has increasingly handed off his ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly ...

especially after the death of Pope Benedict XVI. In his 2024 memoir, “Life,” Francis recounted how he first learned about Benedict’s resignation, the first in 600 years. He said a Vatican ...

On the occasion of the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy, Pope Francis received hundreds of drawings, messages, ...

especially after the death of Pope Benedict XVI. In his 2024 memoir, “Life: My Story Through History,” Francis recounted how he first learned about Benedict’s resignation, the first in 600 ...

The Pope appealed to St. Benedict for help "to hold firm Christ's central position in our lives. May he always be first in our thoughts and in all our activities!" Before concluding, Benedict XVI ...