ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has revealed in an interview published Sunday that shortly after being elected pontiff in 2013 he wrote a resignation letter in case medical problems impede him from carrying ...

The post to the pontifical commission for the Vatican City State is not hugely influential, but the appointment nonetheless ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever be remembered as the first pontiff in 600 years to ...

The man who leads the Catholic Church in Miami signaled his intent to retire as he celebrated his 75th birthday. But Archbishop Thomas Wenski may not be leaving the post anytime soon.

In a statement issued Nov. 4, the apostolic nunciature in France said it had received “information concerning relationships ...

When announcing his resignation as the Bishop of Verdun in late September, Jean-Paul Gusching had hinted that health issues lay behind the decision to hang up his crosier.