Here MailOnline takes a look at the secret lives of some extraordinary popes before they became one of the most recognised ...

For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power.

The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years ...

Rome: Pope Francis, according to the latest health update, is stable and continues to show improvement but has cancelled his ...

Koster, University of Rhode Island In the medieval church, women’s roles were limited – usually some form of enclosure and celibacy, such as becoming an anchoress walled up alone for life, or a nun in ...

The Vatican has issued a fresh statement on the health of Pope Francis, who has beenin hospita;.The terse statement gave an ...