VATICAN CITY — Breaking a tradition he kept even after being shot two decades ago, Pope John Paul II will not lead Sunday prayers for the first time in his 26-year papacy as he recovers from a throat ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Benedict XVI bestowed his final Sunday blessing of his pontificate on a cheering crowd in St. Peter's Square, explaining that his waning years and energy made him better ...

More than 1 million young people were gathered in Rome on Sunday to hear the first American pope's closing blessing for the Jubilee of Youth, a weeklong event gathering the next generation of Roman ...