The call of Lent, Pope Francis wrote, is a call to turn to the Lord and so become "a sign of hope for the world." ...

Pope Francis ... homily by greeting Jubilee for the World of Volunteering participants and asking the Holy Spirit to sustain Christians throughout their Lenten journey towards Holy Week and Easter ...

Pope Francis said the Lenten journey reminds ... has drawn us with himself into the Father’s heart.” Focusing on Easter as the reason for undertaking the journey of Lent, the pope in his homily told ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis ... Ash Wednesday homily prepared for the pontiff with ...

For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been ...

Pope Francis was resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia, the Vatican said. The pope has been sleeping with a non-invasive mechanical ...

Despite his confinement to his hospital room, where he is being treated for double pneumonia, Pope Francis delivered two ...

Pope Francis remains on daily oxygen therapy during his third week in the hospital, with his prognosis still "guarded," the ...