later instructing me to use it to open the door to the Museo Pio Clementino founded by Pope Clement XIV in the 18th century and later expanded by Pope Pius VI. As Crea led us through the empty ...

The church, the mosques and internet have increasingly become the agent for peddling blatant lies, speculations, illusions ...

132.3 x 102 cm. (52.1 x 40.2 in.) ...

In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the hospital, but said he needs to change his vigorous habits, at least for ...

Pope Francis continues to be in stable condition and has registered improvements in both breathing and speech, the Vatican said on March 28, the sixth day of the “at least two-month” period of ...

The Church of England split from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century, after Pope Clement VII refused King Henry VIII's request to annul his first marriage to Catherine of Aragon.

Pope Francis has advanced five people’s paths to sainthood after approving decrees promulgated by the Vatican’s Dicastery for the Causes of Saints on March 28. Blessed Peter To Rot of Papua ...

Pope Francis will be discharged from hospital Sunday after more than five weeks, during which he battled bilateral pneumonia, his doctors said, and plans to greet a crowd from his hospital window ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Sergio Alfieri told The Associated Press that the Pope was “very lively,’’ after visiting the pope ...

The Pope will return to the Vatican today after five weeks in hospital being treated for double pneumonia. This period has marked the most serious health crisis of his 12-year papacy. Pope Francis ...