The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized for more than a week and was given oxygen and a blood transfusion on Saturday.

The death of a sitting pope initiates a profound period of mourning and transition within the Roman Catholic Church, marked ...

Every year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, a tradition that dates back more ...

VATICAN CITY The fourth of the major events of the Holy Year, the Jubilee of Deacons, this morning will transform into a ...

Welcoming me at the entrance of the Vatican Library is Don Giacomo Cardinali, commissioner of the Exhibition Hall and ...

Medieval Irish history professor at Trinity College Dublin, Seán Duffy, that while a crown specifically may not rest in the ...

The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter isn’t about furniture—it’s about the foundation of papal teaching and authority.

Beachgoers in Mexico were surprised to see a rare oarfish in shallow waters, in Japanese folklore an oarfish sighting is a symbol of impending doom.

A senior Vatican official stated that the residents ... "Your reimagining of Jesus as a Palestinian symbol of resistance, broadcast to billions, isn't merely historically inaccurate – it's ...

US Vice President JD Vance has slammed Germany’s free speech laws, linking them to the US military presence in the country.

The Irish Embassy to the Holy See investigated whether the Vatican possessed the mythical ... feature in inauguration rituals nor were worn as symbols of authority. “Furthermore, the first ...

Pope Francis said as he welcomed young priests and monks from Oriental Orthodox Churches to the Vatican. "Whereas the devil divides, the symbol unites!" the pope told the group taking part in a study ...