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 ...

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.

When you visit Our Lady's Gifts in Little Italy, it feels like you are in a church. Maybe that's because it used to be one.

Pope Francis remained in critical condition and blood tests showed kidney insufficiency but, according to the Vatican, he ...

The latest news from the Vatican about Pope Francis is more positive than it has been in recent days. Meanwhile, Catholics across North Texas and the globe are closely watching his health condition.

Pope Francis spends “a peaceful night” at Rome‘s Gemelli Hospital and has breakfast while sitting in an armchair on Thursday ...

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

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

Pope Francis still critical but shows ‘slight improvement’, Vatican update claims - The Pope resumed work in the afternoon ...

Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia, but his condition has shown a "slight improvement", the ...

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held his title for 12 years. What to know about the Jesuit.

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis was "resting" on Monday morning after spending his 10th night in the hospital, the Vatican ...