In 1969, he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano. Pope Francis was first admitted to Rome's Agostino ...

Robert Francis Prevost will lead the Catholic Church as Pope Leo XIV, becoming the first pope to hail from the United States.

In his early 20s, Pope Francis had a severe respiratory infection that resulted in the removal of part of his lung, resulting ...

Pope Francis had been suffering from health issues in the weeks before his death, including a more than one-month stay in the ...

Pope Francis died on April 21. Here's what to know, where he was born and how he died. Plus, how Pope Benedict's resignation ...

Hundreds of cardinals attended mass inside St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sunday, to mark the end of a nine-day mourning ...

The Catholic Church mourns Pope Francis’ death at 88 as the Vatican announces the election of the new pope after a secret conclave process ...

Pope Francis, 88, died weeks after he was discharged from the hospital following a lengthy battle with double pneumonia and ...

The Catholic evangelist recalled that Pope Francis also received Vice President JD Vance that day “with kindness and ...

Pope Francis’ death followed months of health issues that began with his hospitalization for bronchitis in February. He later developed double pneumonia. After 38 days in the hospital ...

Earlier this year, Pope Francis spent weeks battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both his lungs after he was hospitalized for bronchitis. He was admitted Feb. 14 to a Rome hospital ...