Pope Francis remains in critical condition after suffering a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis, the Vatican announced Saturday.

The pontiff is suffering from a "polymicrobial respiratory tract infection," leading his doctors to change his therapy

Pope Francis called for Christians to treat migrants with the same dignity they treat the people with power in a letter shared on Monday.

The pontiff has been a vocal critic of anti-immigration policies in the United States

The Pope emphasized the importance of friendliness and love in embodying the virtues of the Catholic Church as he told nuns to abandon 'vinegar' faces Sunday.

Pope Francis appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, a Donald Trump critic, as the new Archbishop of Washington, D.C., ahead of the inauguration.

Pope Francis used his 2024 Christmas Day address to call for an end to the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

At Saint Peter's Basilica, Francis used his Christmas Eve mass to urge Christians to think "of the wars, of the machine-gunned children, of the bombs on schools or hospitals" as this year's Christmas once again takes place under the shadow of Israel's war on Hamas and Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

Pope Francis has announced that Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old web designer who died in 2006, will be canonized as the Catholic Church's first millennial saint.

The pontiff again advocated for countries to be more welcoming, saying that people are "crossing seas and deserts to reach a land where they can live in peace and safety"

The event is set to take place on Friday. He is also making headlines for repeating a word for which he apologized weeks ago

The epithet seemingly took place during a meeting with Italian bishops, where he told them not to allow gay men to train for priesthood

The pontiff called on the country to "open the doors to migration" and help people "integrate" to society

State Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Annunciation House and is seeking to revoke its ability to operate in the state

Speaking in his native Spanish through a translator for more than an hour, Francis told CBS News program "60 Minutes" that the closing by the state of Texas of a Catholic charity offering humanitarian assistance was absurd.

Over three in four hold favorable views of the Argentine pontiff. A third of all U.S. Catholics are Latino

The political newcomer is on his first visit to Rome since being elected in October on a wave of anger over decades of economic crisis.

The kidnapping took place on Jan. 19 when the armed men hijacked the bus and drove off to an unknown destination, taking all the passengers, as well as the nuns.

Pope Francis said that he was worried about the people in his home country as they were "suffering much" due to high inflation.

The president said he believes the pope's trip "will bring fruits of pacification and brotherhood of all Argentines, eager to overcome our divisions and confrontations."

Russia's invasion of Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, migration, the climate crisis and the "despicable" practice of surrogate motherhood made it to the list

Fourteen Nicaraguan priests have now been arrested in a crackdown on the Catholic Church in the Central American country, prompting Pope Francis to call for dialogue during his Monday prayer.

A document says that people seeking this shouldn't be subjected to "an exhaustive moral analysis"

The 86-year-old pontiff also said the world should move to end using fossil fuels

Due to his condition at the weekend, Francis recited the traditional Angelus prayer on Sunday from his residence rather than overlooking St Peter's Square

The 86-year-old pontiff, a defender of the poor who has made environmental activism a cornerstone of his 10-year papacy, will address the COP28 meeting in Dubai on December 2.

Pope Francis opens a major congress on the future of the Catholic Church Wednesday marked by tensions with conservatives on issues such as the treatment of divorcees and LGBTQ believers.

He has sought to create a more inclusive Church, looking past Europe to clergy in Africa, Asia and Latin America to fill the Church's highest ranks.

The pope's remarks follow his insistence that "people who are at risk of drowning when abandoned on the waves must be rescued".

Pope Francis met Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday and discussed common concerns including peace.