Venezuelan Catholics attended cheerful Masses and held processions on Feb. 26, the day after Pope Francis approved the canonization of Blessed José Gregorio Hernández, a 19th-c ...

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

The pope "rested well" and woke shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, his 20th day in the hospital, the Vatican said.

Pope Francis "had a tranquil night and woke shortly after 8 a.m.," the Vatican said, coming a day after he made his first ...

The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, has remained stable, with ...

Pope Francis, 88, "remained stable compared to previous days" and did not have "episodes of respiratory insufficiency" on ...

Argentines have long waited for Pope Francis to visit the homeland he left in 2013 to become the head of the Roman Catholic ...

A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio message broadcast ...

Doctors not involved in the pope's care said after three weeks of acute care in the hospital for double pneumonia, they would ...

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