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

Outside of the Vatican, Romans, pilgrims and even non-Catholics said they were offering special prayers for the pope. “We are ...

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.

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

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 ...

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

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 ...