In an address on Sunday, Pope Francis added to growing rumours he might abdicate from the position with a sermon on the 'virtue of stepping aside at the right time'. Pope Francis previously stated ...

with Pope Francis presiding over the event and honoring his predecessor’s courage. Thousands watched and mourned and bells tolled as pallbearers carried Benedict's cypress coffin from St. Peter ...

The late Pope Benedict XVI's closest aide has revealed years of tension between the German theologian and his successor Pope Francis in an explosive memoir. Georg Gaenswein, Benedict's personal ...

Pope Francis rang in 2023 with prayers for his late predecessor at a special New Year’s Day mass. Francis delivered the invocation during his homily at St. Peter’s Basilica, where Pope ...

Pope Francis paid tribute to his predecessor former Pope Benedict XVI Thursday, in a funeral attended by tens of thousands of mourners at St. Peter’s Square. The event marked the first occasion ...

This brought in Pope Francis, seen by many as a more socially progressive and radical head of the Vatican. However, his attitudes have angered the more conservative figures within the Roman ...

Pope Francis invited Christians on Wednesday to pray for the grace to have a “pastoral heart” like Jesus that “suffers and takes risks” out of love for others. At his weekly public ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 3 (Reuters) - Six months ago Pope Francis brushed off speculation he was about to resign due to health problems, but even if he had toyed with the idea, he faced one major ...

Pope Francis, who has led the Catholic Church since his election in 2013, following Benedict's surprise resignation, led the funeral Mass. The historic funeral capped a chapter of Catholic Church ...

“Based on what we’ve seen in the first half of January, my impression is that this resistance to Pope Francis is only going to escalate,” said Mike Lewis, a founder of Where Peter ...

Pope Francis spoke of friendship, a sustaining force amid a "shipwreck" of life. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis on Thursday paid homage to his friend and retired predecessor, Pope Emeritus ...

In his address, he quoted Benedict XVI: “The Church … grows by ‘attraction.’” Pope Francis stops to pray before an image of Our Lady and the Child Jesus during his weekly general ...