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Byline: JIM YARDLEY and GAIA PIANIGIANI ROME -- The migrant ships kept sinking. First came a battered, blue-decked vessel that flipped over on Wednesday as terrified migrants plunged into the [...]

Byline: GAIA PIANIGIANI VATICAN CITY -- Catholics should not try to convert Jews, but should work together with them to fight anti-Semitism, the Vatican said on Thursday in a far-reaching [...]

Byline: GAIA PIANIGIANI ROME -- Pope John Paul I, who died in 1978, still holds more than 110,000 euros, or about $120,000, in a Vatican bank account. The Vatican pension [...]

Byline: GAIA PIANIGIANI ROME -- Pope John Paul I, who died in the 1970s, still holds more than 110,000 euros in a Vatican bank account. The Vatican pension fund is [...]

Byline: GAIA PIANIGIANI VATICAN CITY -- Pope Francis on Tuesday is set to begin his second trip to Asia, where he will deliver a message of peace and reconciliation in [...]

Byline: GAIA PIANIGIANI ROME -- Pope Francis excoriated the Vatican bureaucracy in his traditional Christmas address, saying that some of the cardinals, bishops and priests who run the Roman Catholic [...]

Byline: GAIA PIANIGIANI ROME -- Pope Francis excoriated the Vatican bureaucracy in his traditional Christmas address on Monday, saying that some of the cardinals, bishops and priests who run the [...]

Byline: JIM YARDLEY and GAIA PIANIGIANI ROME -- Pope Francis had quite a 78th birthday. The pontiff began Wednesday with prayers and a birthday celebration with tango dancers near St. [...]

The article focuses on Pope Francis choosing not to read a prepared speech due to a "touch of bronchitis" during a meeting with French religious communications experts at the Vatican, marking the second time in recent months that he has shown signs of illness during public appearances.

The article focuses on the return of Pope Francis to the Vatican after a three-day hospital stay for bronchitis, raising concerns about his health as an 86-year-old pontiff who had major surgery in 2021 and appeared in good spirits and planned to participate in all Holy Week celebrations.

The article focuses on Pope Francis who was unexpectedly hospitalized earlier in the week for a respiratory infection but is expected to be discharged from the hospital; other topics include his treatment, activities in the hospital, and his previous health issues.

The article announces the appointment of Sister Rafaella Petrini, Sister Yvonne Reungoat and Maria Lia Zervino to the office of Pope Francis that advises him in the choice of bishops across the globe.

The article reports that close watchers of the Roman Catholic Church have carefully studied shadows on the Vatican walls for proof that Pope Francis is about to retire.

The article report that the reference to abuses against Uighurs, which Beijing has long denied despite mounting evidence of a brutal crackdown, could tarnish the recent warming of relations between the Vatican and China. It mentions that the Chinese government has always protected the legal rights of ethnic minorities equally," he said, according to Reuters.

The article discusses the Roman Catholic Church's canonization of Pope John Paul II and Pope John XXIII as saints as of April 27, 2014. Topics addressed include considerations of the implications of the canonizations in terms of Pope Francis' papacy, debate over John Paul's legacy, and differences between the messages of John XXIII and John Paul.

The article reports on the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI in front of St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican City, which was presided over by his successor Pope Francis. Topics discussed include the difference between the two popes, the homily given by Pope Francis, and the reaction of Benedict XVI's supporters to Pope Francis' approach.

The article discusses the report from the Italian newspaper "Quotidiano Nazionale" on a tiny and treatable tumor on Pope Francis' brain which led to its criticism by the Vatican considering it as unfounded and irresponsible.

The article reports on visit of Pope Francis to Republic of Congo declaring moral emergency in need of the world's attentions towards plight of refugees.

The article discusses that the funeral of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI will be held on January 5, 2023, in which two official delegations of Germany and Italy will be present, but it was not clear if he would receive the full procedural pomp and circumstance for a pontiff who died in office.

The article reports that Pope Francis has made phone calls to comfort and enlighten those who have sent their letters to him.

The article discusses the impact of Pope Benedict XIV's announcement to resign on February 28, 2013 on the people in Rome, Italy and around the world. It notes the Pope has decided to resign because his poor health condition due to old age claiming he can no longer suited to an adequate exercise. It adds the Pope will become the first pope to do so in six centuries.