Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continues his recovery from ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, and Chicago-born Cardinals Robert Prevost and Wilton Gregory would be part ...

For the fourth Sunday in a row, the pope will not appear for his weekly noon blessing, though the Vatican planned to ...

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

Those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the continuing uncertainty and anxiety over the pope’s health. The ...

JERUSALEM (AP) — In the first Friday prayers of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, about 90,000 Palestinians prayed at the ...

Christian communities in the West Bank, Gaza, and Jerusalem say the situation for them has worsened under the current ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores ...

The Vatican says that Pope Francis has increased his physical activity, called the Catholic parish priest in Gaza and ...

Israel’s cutoff of food, fuel, medicine and other supplies to Gaza’s 2 million people has sent prices soaring and humanitarian groups into overdrive as they try to distribute dwindling stocks ...

President Trump’s threats to impose stiff tariffs on goods imported from Canada, Mexico and China are expected to become a ...