ROME—The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death. “A pope dies, they make another,” goes one, suggesting how ...

ROME – The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia ...

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

The Vatican said on Saturday said Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, will not appear in ...

BEFORE anything else and apropos to the title, a brief silence and a solemn petition to God for Pope Francis, who is battling ...

Six young people who lived with deep faith and committed their lives to the Church that Jesus founded are on their way to being proclaimed saints, with most of them currently on the path to ...

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

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