Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...
The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will lead the first prayer Monday. Francis, who has double pneumonia and is in ...
The eyes of the Catholic world are focused on Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis remains hospitalized for ...
Thousands gathered in a rain-soaked St. Peter's Square on Monday night to pray for Pope Francis' health after a more positive update from the Vatican.
Pontiff has packed the College of Cardinals – responsible for the papal vote after his death – with men in his own image ...
VATICAN CITY - For centuries, one of the biggest taboos at the Vatican was openly discussing the pope's health. As leader of ...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up and out of bed to eat breakfast as ...
Pontiff’s message of peace and fraternity has challenged the rising tide of nativism, violence and global inequality.