Hope is the mainstay that undergirds Pope Francis’ entire life,” said Carlo Musso, the Italian editor of Pope Francis’ ...

For the first time in history, a pope's autobiography has been published in his lifetime. The book is both a manifesto and a ...

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

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

In a decree signed on Jan. 27, Pope Francis formally recognized the five Franciscan missionaries as having been killed for ...

The injury comes some six weeks after Pope Francis slipped while getting out of bed, and then slammed his chin on ... issues in recent years, and he now uses a wheelchair due to knee and back ...