The Pope was previously admitted to hospital for three nights in 2023 with bronchitis. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Pope Francis has told soldiers, police and other law enforcement officials from around the world that armed force can only be used for legitimate defense and must always respect international law ...

Armed forces must only be used as legitimate defence, never to dominate another country, a breathless Pope Francis said ...

In his newly released memoir, Hope, the story of the world that made Jorge Mario Bergoglio — and, by extension, the world leader we know as Pope Francis — is a story finally told in his own words. But ...

In addition to the building of Dublin’s Whitefriar St. church, Our Lady of Mount St. Carmel, in 1826, Spratt also founded St ...

Under normal conditions, a pope releasing a highly personal memoir about his life would create quite a few headlines. However ...

Every Christian, and not just those serving as missionaries in remote regions of the world, have an obligation to share the hope that comes from faith, Pope Francis said. Christians ...

The Sisters of Mercy who staff the Bishops’ Office for U.S. Visitors to the Vatican greet visitors and hand out tickets to ...

Church communications cannot exist in an “enclosure” in which Catholics merely talk among themselves and do not engage with the outside world, Pope Francis said.

All Catholic bishops are required to submit a letter of resignation when they reach 75 years of age, but recently Francis has ...

Pope Francis, despite suffering from bronchitis, continues his duties and receives guests at the Domus Sanctae Marthae. The ...

Pope Francis has thrown a wrench in some of the speculation about a future conclave. He's decided to extend the term of the ...