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

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

The Church in Pakistan should not remain silent while waiting for the Vatican to recognize Shahbaz Bhatti and Akash Bashir ...

With Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the ...

The 88-year-old, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, is entering his fourth week at Rome’s Gemelli hospital.

On his 21st day in Rome's Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis' condition remained stable, and he continued his respiratory and physical therapy "with benefit" March 6, his doctors said. He had no fever, no ...

The church opposes “the ideology that usually accompanies so many sex-change decisions,” which Cardinal Víctor Manuel ...

The pope, who has chronic lung disease, has been stable for two days after suffering two respiratory crises Monday.

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

Despite his illness, age and hospitalization, Pope Francis is still demonstrating his deep faith and exercising his role as ...

The Catholic Church has opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter without the participation of Pope Francis ...