Pope, responding well, rests as Vatican marks another Holy Year event without him
In his absence, the Vatican’s day-to-day operations continued alongside celebrations of its Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century Jubilee that brings millions of pilgrims to Rome. On Sunday, ...
Who's who at the Vatican?
Other than Pope Francis, these are the most powerful people at the Vatican.
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Influential bishops with Chicago ties will have a hand in picking the next pope
Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, and Chicago-born Cardinals Robert Prevost and Wilton Gregory would be part ...
The pope has increased his physical activity and celebrated the start of Lent, Vatican says
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to Holy Week ...
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From secretions to oxygen, why is the Vatican sharing so much detail about the Pope's health?
There's a first time for everything. But the phrase "copious secretions" in an official update from the Vatican on Pope Francis? That level of detail may be surprising even to those who aren't ...
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Vatican's 900-year-old secret book contains chilling prediction about Judgement Day
A 900-year-old book housed in the Vatican is said to contain a prophecy predicting the date of Judgement Day, when it is ...
'There is an ambiguity between Pope Francis's diplomacy, in a sense close to Trump's, and the Vatican's, which is more traditional'
In an interview with Le Monde, the political scientist François Mabille analyzes the ambiguous diplomacy of a Curia torn ...
How many popes have there been in the Roman Catholic Church?
According to the Vatican, there have been 266 popes in the Catholic Church starting with St. Peter and going all the way up ...