American prelate, an exploding battleship, and the Roman Question all fed into Pope Leo XIII's decision to publish his 1899 ...

In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, Ineffabilis Deus (link al documento que está en Marian documents), clarified with finality the long-held belief of the Church that Mary was conceived ...

(Pius IX, Ineffabilis Deus, 1854) In 1854, Pope Pius IX's solemn declaration, "Ineffabilis Deus," clarified with finality the long-held belief of the Church that Mary was conceived free from ...

On the evening of February 11, 1858, a 14-year-old girl named Bernadette Soubrious went to gather firewood near her home in Lourdes, a small market town in southwestern France. She ...

In 1854, Pope Pius IX moved the “Immaculate Conception” festivity from Dec. 8 to May, thus leading most countries in that direction. Hence, the International Day of Families is celebrated ...

The Pope is stable in hospital with a slight fever after he was admitted for bronchitis treatment, the Vatican has said. After daily audiences he was taken to Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic ...

Pope Francis is in a “stable” clinical condition and rested well overnight as he continues receiving treatment for bronchitis at a hospital in Rome, the Vatican’s press office said Sunday ...

"The clinical condition is fair," the Vatican said in an update. LONDON and ROME -- Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital on Friday for "necessary tests" and to continue his ongoing bronchitis ...

Pope Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome for bronchitis, is in “fair” condition with a “respiratory tract infection,” the Vatican said Friday in what is the latest in a string ...

Pope Francis hospitalized for respiratory infection Medical staff prescribe complete rest for 88-year old pontiff Pope's treatment adjusted based on microbiological findings ROME, Feb 15 (Reuters ...

Photo: Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty Images/Bill Clark/Zuma Press/J. Scott Applewhite/AP Pope Francis in 2013 made his first pontifical trip outside Rome to the tiny Italian island of ...

President Donald Trump's policy of deporting undocumented immigrants en masse has drawn the ire of Pope Francis. The Pope, in a letter to American bishops, took aim at Trump's policy, but ...