Pope Benedict’s German biographer, Peter Seewald, confirmed that nine weeks before he died, Benedict revealed that insomnia was the “central motive” for his resignation.

Columnist Michael Sean Winters sees evidence of an inflection point in Francis' pontificate, as conservative criticisms of ...

ROMA, 04 GEN - An Italian artist has dotted Rome with images of a black pope in his fresh satirical attacks on the papacy and the Roman Catholic Church's ruling bodies. "Habemus Papam, nero!" ...

Pope Francis on Friday reiterated the Church’s perennial teaching ... Hannah Brockhaus is Catholic News Agency's senior Rome ...

The Vatican said the health of Pope Benedict, 95, worsened on Wednesday. ROME and LONDON -- A day after news emerged that Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's health had worsened within a few hours ...

Pope Francis says he hasn’t considered issuing norms to regulate future papal resignations and plans to continue for as long as he can as bishop of Rome, despite a wave of criticism from some ...

Pope Francis on Friday issued a document reorganizing the Vicariate of Rome in what he called a time of “epochal change.” The apostolic constitution, In Ecclesiarum Communione, replaces a 1998 ...

ROME, (WWLP) – Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI’s funeral mass takes place at St. Peter’s Square Thursday, with Pope Francis serving as celebrant. Thousands of people flocked to St. Peter’s ...

People continue to line up in Rome to say farewell to Pope Emeritus Benedict XIV (16th). 65,000 mourners paid their respects on Monday, and about 70,000 more Tuesday, far more than many officials ...

The remains of Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI were interred in the crypt beneath St Peter’s Basilica in Rome following a funeral Mass on Thursday morning celebrated by Cardinal Giovanni Battista Re ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Friday issued a document reorganizing the Vicariate of Rome in what he called a time of “epochal change.” The apostolic constitution, In Ecclesiarum Communione ...

ROME - "Habemus Papam, nero!" ("We have a black Pope!"): is the artistic cry launched in Rome by an innovative performance of the artist Pep Marchegiani, who is part of a long tradition of satire ...