On Dec. 7, the pope whacked his chin on his nightstand in an apparent fall that resulted in a bad bruise. The 88-year-old ...

Hope,” the autobiography of Pope Francis, hit the shelves of Italian bookstores Tuesday and will be on sale starting Jan. 16 ...

Pope Francis, who turned 88 last month and asked an aide to read a major speech last week due to a cold, says in a new book ...

At the beginning of Pope Francis’s papacy his controversial predecessor handed him a large white box stuffed with confidential documents relating to the “most difficult and painful situations ...

It is the only Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction he has awarded. President Joe Biden awarded Pope Francis with a Presidential Medal of Freedom with distinction during a phone call on ...

Pope Francis cites Benedict XVI only in a few passages in his over 300-page autobiography Pope Francis' predecessor, Benedict XVI, handed him a large white box containing several confidential ...

Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall, at the Vatican, Wednesday, Jan. 8, 2025. Credit: AP/Alessandra Tarantino ...

ROME – “I like punctuality. It’s a virtue I have learnt to appreciate,” Pope Francis writes in the fifth chapter of his autobiography, to be published on Jan 14 in 18 languages ...

Two popes have received this honor ahead of Pope Francis. Pope John XXIII was recognized after his death by President Lyndon Johnson in 1963. Pope John Paul II was honored by President George W.

Mondadori, the book’s Italian publisher, said the new volume was originally planned by Pope Francis to be released after his death. But the Pope decided it should instead be published during the ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Wednesday denounced the ... saying anyone who harms or exploits a child will have to answer to God. Francis dedicated his first catechism lesson of 2025 to the ...