John XXIII, who was elected Pope in 1958, called an ecumenical council, only the twenty-first in the nearly two-thousand-year history of the Church. Paul VI left the Vatican for trips to Bombay ...

The Vatican has released the first photo of Pope Francis since his hospitalization. The photo shows Francis at the chapel in Rome’s Gemelli hospital. The Vatican announced on Sunday, for the ...

In 1965, Pope Paul VI wrote letters to the dean of the College of Cardinals hypothesizing that if he were to become seriously ill, the dean and other cardinals should accept his resignation.

Image Magnets bearing scenes of Rome and of Pope Francis and Pope John Paul II in the window of a shop near the Vatican on Tuesday. His supporters shrug it off as idle chatter. The important thing ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Kim Strassel, Allysia Finley and Kyle Peterson. Photo: Karla Ann Cote/Zuma Press/Saul Loeb/AFP/Getty Images/Lev Radin/Zuma Press As a ...

Pope Francis' condition remained "stationary" on Wednesday, with tests confirming his improvement, according to the Vatican. Candles are laid at the statue of John Paul II outside the Gemelli ...