Francis spent much of the past decade in relatively good health but has dealt with several painful medical conditions over ...

One of Francis’ lasting reforms will be his reshaping of the papacy to embrace simplicity and humility. In his new ...

Pope Francis, who turned 88 last month and asked an aide to read a major speech last week due to a cold, says in a new book ...

The book, which was six years in the making, vividly recreates Francis’ childhood in Buenos Aires but offers few new insights ...

Pope Francis injured his arm after falling for the second time in just over a month, according to the Vatican.

With his new encyclical, Pope Francis added his voice to this chorus of encouragement inviting people not to lose heart.

"Each time a pope takes ill, the winds of a conclave always feel as if they are blowing," Francis writes in his new memoir, ...

The call from bestselling British novelist Robert Harris came out of the blue: “I write fiction but my project is extremely ...

Pope Francis had a message for nuns, convey joy while refraining from gossip, he said as he addressed a gathering of nuns ...

Hope,” the autobiography of Pope Francis, hit the shelves of Italian bookstores Tuesday and will be on sale starting Jan. 16 ...

Since the beginning of his pontificate, Pope Francis has appointed around 20 women to positions of responsibility in the ...

Pope Francis on Monday named Sister Simona Brambilla the first female prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated ...