Father José Luis Quijano remains convinced that mercy is the greatest legacy Pope Francis has left within the Catholic Church ...

The Vatican Press Office said Wednesday that an X-ray Pope Francis had in the last few days showed "slight improvements in ...

John Paul II crisscrossed Latin America on 16 trips, and the Notre Dame research finds that in the two to five years ...

Even during his five weeks in the hospital battling pneumonia that nearly killed him, Pope Francis has never been shy about ...

The Renaissance master, born 550 years ago, pursued various art forms with astonishing vision and relentless drive.

God's forgiveness is the source of hope for the faithful, Pope Francis wrote. "Indeed, with his mercy, God transforms us ...

The village where Abraham Lincoln came of age is deteriorating. Lincoln lived in New Salem, Illinois, as a young man from ...

Pope Francis has appointed Bishop Michael McGovern of Belleville, Illinois, to lead the Archdiocese of Omaha, Nebraska.

“God acts, even when we do not immediately see the results,” the pope wrote to pilgrims from the Czech Republic. “The history ...

Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, has said Pope Francis continues to rest after his return ...

Pope Francis leaves Rome's Gemelli hospital after five weeks of treatment, thanks the crowd, and is driven to St. Mary Major ...