The pope’s embrace of literature and history is a sharp contrast to some of his predecessors, a medievalist explains.

The Vatican Press Office reported that Pope Francis’ convalescence at St. Martha’s House, his Vatican residence where he returned after being discharged from the hospital on Sunday ...

Senior figures in the Vatican are talking now of a new phase of the Francis papacy, with the pope seeing his physical vulnerability as a means to show solidarity with the world’s most vulnerable ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis offered prayers to the victims of a powerful earthquake in Southeast Asia on Friday, the sixth day of his convalescence in the Vatican after a five-week ...

LONDON – King Charles and Queen Camilla’s state visit to the Vatican has been postponed because of medical advice that suggested Pope Francis would benefit from an extended period of rest ...

(CNN) — After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at home in the Vatican recovering. Now, the attention in the ...

The visit to the Vatican was postponed by "mutual agreement", according to a statement released by Buckingham Palace on Tuesday. The wider state visit to Italy will continue in April with some ...

The British royals were due to travel out to the Vatican on April 7 and meet Pope Francis the following day, for what the palace had said would be a historic visit. Days after the plans were first ...

In January 2025, while doing research at the Vatican archives ... to better understand the world they live in. For the pope, history research “helps to keep ‘the flame of collective conscience ...

Thomas Kinkade turned himself into a ubiquitous brand — but there was more to him than that, a new documentary shows.

“The pope has been informed of the disaster in Myanmar and is praying for the dramatic situation and for the many victims, also in Thailand,’’ the Vatican said. Images showed widespread dest ...