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

Despite the concerns, the statement said that Francis was still alert and out of bed. “The Holy Father continues to be vigilant and spent the day in his armchair even if he was more in pain than ...

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’ condition remains serious but has shown “slight improvement” as he continues treatment on his 11th day in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the Vatican said Monday evening. The 88-year-old ...

The combination of health issues has kept the Pope from performing his public duties, including weekly prayers on Sundays, ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in laboratory tests and resumed ...

The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will lead the first prayer Monday. Francis, who has double pneumonia and is in ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition as the Vatican called senior church officials in Rome to a special saying of the ...

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