Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. FILE- Pope John Paul II appears for the first time after surgery at ...

For much of the church’s history, the pope’s body was closely associated with the sanctity of his office, as the papal ...

The Vatican has released the first photograph of the pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten ...

On Wednesday, the Vatican said Pope Francis “had a tranquil night, woke up and had breakfast,” saying he was in good spirits.

No. 4 Newman defeats No. 20 Pope John Paul II, 60-43 in the regional round of the Division III Select boys basketball ...

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...

The photo is said to have been taken Sunday when Francis was co-celebrating Mass in the chapel of his hospital suite where he ...

Built on land donated by Pope Pius XI to the theologian and physician Agostino Gemelli in 1934, it has become known as the "Pope's Hospital." John Paul II even nicknamed it "Vatican Three," with St ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In October of 1996, Vatican spokesperson Joaquin Navarro Valls admitted to reporters concerned about the health of Pope John Paul II that ... Ali Ağca, shot the pontiff ...

Religious podcasters would do well to study his affirmations of women’s equal dignity.

Weigel’s keynote address followed panel discussions on the Catholic approach to antisemitism throughout history and since the ...

Pope John Paul II, head of the Catholic church from ... The papal suite was created from scratch in May 1981 when John Paul II was shot and wounded in St Peter's Square by a Turkish man, Mehmet ...