ROME, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital — In the last 18 months of his life, Pope Francis had a frequent evening ritual: He ...

In the weeks that follow the passing of a pontiff, the city of Rome, and the Vatican in particular, comes alive with ...

Philadelphia is the largest city in Pennsylvania. It has deep roots in US history. It’s where the most prominent early ...

Navarrosa, who is currently writing his thesis on the pope’s 2016 encyclical 'Amoris Laetitia,' recalls meeting Francis in ...

Conclave shows how a group of nuns serve the cardinals while they decide on the next pope. In reality, the depiction is ...

Some homes date to the 1600s; others are far more recent. Ancient trees, modern conservation techniques, and acres of flowers ...

David Willey, who spent decades reporting from Rome for the BBC, reflects on the transformation of the Vatican under Francis ...

Pope Francis, who died of a stroke on April 21, came to the United States in 2015, where he visited the White House, spent ...

When Pope Francis sat with his head in his hands and listened to accounts of clerical sexual abuse for an hour longer than ...

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years ...