Pope Francis will not take part in this weekend's Holy Year events because of his continued ill health, the Vatican said on Tuesday.

What happens when the pope gets his hands on two bottles of Kentucky bourbon? But it actually occurred and the punch line is heartwarming: the autographed bottles raised tens of thousands of dollars to help poor and sick people,

Father Edward Beck joins Abby Phillip’s panel to discuss the Pope’s letter to bishops admonishing the Trump immigration policy. Father Beck says in response to Border Czar Tom Homan’s comments that the Pope is doing his job and speaking out to protect vulnerable people.

Pope Francis used "ordo amoris" to encourage compassion for all people. Vice President JD Vance used the ancient concept to defend deportations.

Pope Francis, 88, was challenged by President Donald Trump’s “border czar” on Tuesday after the pontiff criticized Trump’s plan to carry out mass deportations of undocumented migrants. “Czar” Tom Homan,

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If he were to do so, the church would elect a new pope through a process known as a conclave. Here is everything you need to know about the conclave and the steps that are traditionally taken to choose a new pope.

Pope Francis will be hospitalized on Friday to undergo some necessary diagnostic tests and to continue his ongoing treatment for bronchitis.

Pope Francis's condition "remains critical", the Vatican said Sunday on his 10th day in hospital as Catholics around the world prayed for the 88-year-old's recovery.

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death. “A pope dies, they make another,” goes one,

The pope does not name Trump in his letter, but it is a clear directive to resist the demonization of migrants and refugees.