Pope Francis has met at the hospital with the Vatican secretary of state about candidates for sainthood, Vatican says.

Pope Francis, who is in critical condition in hospital battling double pneumonia, is alert, rested well throughout the night ...

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

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

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement and resumed some work activities ...

Global media outlets, including CNN, CBS and NBC, are getting ready to descend upon Rome and Vatican City following reports ...

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

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

Pope Francis' doctors "are prudently maintaining their cautious prognosis" as the pontiff's condition of respiratory and ...

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