Pope Francis continued his recovery from pneumonia Tuesday as the Vatican set in motion a nightly marathon of prayers from ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

Speaker Martin Romualdez on Tuesday denounced the spread of false reports claiming Pope Francis had passed away, calling it a ...

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, hope for his recovery and gratitude for his efforts to steer the Catholic Ch ...

Catholics in our neighborhoods say they've been praying for Pope Francis for 10 days after he was hospitalized and later ...

While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

Pope Francis, hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, was showing a “slight improvement”, the ...

The wet black cobblestones shone from the bright lights illuminating the fountains and the front of the square where Pope Francis normally sits for his Wednesday general audiences. An image of Mater ...

The pope has suffered from pneumonia in both lungs and experienced a “long asthmatic respiratory crisis” over the weekend.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Doctors said there has been a “slight improvement” in Pope Francis’ condition on Monday (Feb. 24) after ...

The Vatican's press office on Monday said the pope's health has shown a slight improvement, and that the monitoring of his kidney failure has not raised any concerns.

The Pope was admitted to Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14 after struggling for several days with bronchitis. Over the weekend the ...