A prophecy from a medieval saint seems to suggest that Pope Francis might be the final pope. But then what happens next?

Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in 1626 ...

Pope Francis' surprise visit to St. Peter's Basilica to pray and see ongoing restoration work is a clear sign that his ...

St. Peter’s Basilica is pictured during a press tour to present the recent restoration of the funerary monuments of Popes ...

Pope Francis' frailty was on full view as he left Rome's Gemelli hospital last Sunday after five weeks battling pneumonia ...

ROME — Pope Francis has shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia, the doctor ...

Since reuniting in 2005, Chicago pop-punk band the Smoking Popes have been, to put it kindly, conservative with their album ...

Chicago punk legends Smoking Popes are back with a new full-length studio album called Lovely Stuff, their first since 2018’s ...

Pope Francis gestures as he appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he has been treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14 ...