Messages transported by small planes over Italy’s beaches this summer have spread the debunked conspiracy theory that Pope Francis is not the legitimate head of the...
When Pope Benedict XVI announced he was retiring on 11 February 2013 — the first pope to do so in 600 years — he did so...
6-year-old Miriam Groppelli, an altar server from Milan, was just one of the thousands of visitors who came to pay their respects to the late Pope...
Pope Francis described his late predecessor, Pope Benedict XVI, as “noble” and “kind” on Saturday evening, speaking at Vespers Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica, Vatican City....
Pope Francis prayed for his predecessor’s passage to heaven and again expressed thanks for a lifetime of service to the church, during New Year’s Day appearances a...