Pope Francis has not been seen in public since entering hospital, his longest such absence since his papacy started nearly 12 ...

Having spent three weeks in the hospital for treatment of double pneumonia, Pope Francis continues to be in stable condition ...

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

According to the Vatican, there have been 266 popes in the Catholic Church starting with St. Peter and going all the way up ...

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

Just as Popes John Paul II’s and Benedict’s final days revealed their understandings of the papacy, Francis’ illness has ...

He had no fever, no episodes of' 'respiratory insufficiency,' doctors said in bulletin released by the Vatican ...

Cardinal Ángel Fernández Artime, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic ...

The recorded message was the first released by the Vatican since Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory illness on ...

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St.

Pope Francis “rested well” during his 20th night in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital and “woke up after 8 a.m.,” the Vatican said at 8 ...