The interview began with a discussion of the church's first World Children's Day, when in late May, Pope Francis welcomed tens of thousands of young people to the Vatican, including refugees of war.

Born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Argentina, Francis is the first Jesuit pope in papal history. O'Donnell interviewed him at Casa Santa Marta, the Vatican guest house where he has lived since his ...

Fabio Baggio is undersecretary in the Vatican development office. Francis also decided to make a cardinal out of George Jacob Koovakad, the priest who organizes the pope’s foreign travels.

ROME – As pontiffs age or get sick, two developments are as inevitable as the rising and the setting of the sun: First, some people will begin to speculate about the next pope, and second ...

Pope Francis had prayed before the creche briefly that day when he greeted the artists and donors responsible for all the Vatican’s Christmas decorations this year, which include various ...

the Solemnity of Mary — the Holy Door at the Papal Basilica of Saint Mary Major outside the Vatican in Rome will be opened. Lastly, on Sunday, Jan. 5, Pope Francis will open the fifth and final ...

Pope Francis is preparing to unbrick and open five ‘sacred portals’ symbolising the doorway to salvation. The doors are only opened once every 25 years, so may well be a little rusty.

At 53 years old, Capuchin Fr. Roberto Pasolini, the new preacher of the papal household, was among the youngest in the Vatican audience hall when he told Pope Francis and members of the Roman ...

The story: Following the unexpected death of the pope, it falls on Cardinal Lawrence ... thriller that happens to take place at the Vatican, similar to how some horror movies use exorcism as ...

Cardinal Angelo Amato, the former prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the ... In a telegram announcing his death, Pope Francis on Wednesday praised the “edifying witness of this ...

which are all within a 30 minute drive of the Vatican in Italy. For the first time, the Pope will also being opening on at the Rebibbia prison, Italy's largest correction facility, but as ...

The Vatican this month officially opened the beatification process of King Baudouin of Belgium, remembered as the humble leader willing to abdicate his throne rather than approve the ...