Pope Francis has written and spoken at length about sickness, aging and death. And he has personally directed that his ...

A nun attends a Rosary prayer for Pope Francis, in St. Peter's Square at ... He decided his tomb will be in St. Mary Major basilica, not in the Vatican, so he can be near his favorite icon of ...

With a passion for arguing and a sharp tongue to match his extraordinary genius, Michelangelo was both the enfant prodige and ...

Giorgio Filippi, an archaeologist with the Vatican Museum, said ... to decide whether to undertake further explorations around the tomb, to make the sarcophagus more visible. In St Peter's Basilica, ...

A Mass was held in St. Peter's Basilica Friday in honor of Pope Francis as the 88-year-old marked two milestones this week: his 12-year anniversary as pontiff and the one-month mark since he was ...

"The night was quiet, the pope was resting," the Holy See, the Vatican's press office, said in a brief statement on Sunday morning.

With Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the ...

On the occasion of the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy, Pope Francis received hundreds of drawings, messages, ...

Pope Francis is responding well to therapy for double pneumonia and his doctors note a "gradual, slight improvement," the Vatican said ... will take tonight in St. Peter's Square for the pope's ...

Each night cardinals and senior Vatican officials gather in St. Peter’s Square to pray for Francis. The mood has been quiet and somber. Anthony Ekpo, a Vatican official and author of “The ...