BEFORE anything else and apropos to the title, a brief silence and a solemn petition to God for Pope Francis, who is battling ...

The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a ...

Briefing reporters on Pope Francis' medical condition, two of his doctors also gave them glimpses of a patient who is physically fragile, but mentally alert, joking with staff and insisting on doing ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ complex respiratory infection isn’t life-threatening but he’s not out of danger, his medical team ...

In the Diocese of Rome, Cardinal Baldassare Reina urged parishes to hold an hour of silent adoration before Mass. In Pope ...

As Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, remains hospitalised with double pneumonia, discussions about his ...

Mourning, Transition, and the Election of a New PopeThe death of a pope marks the beginning of a solemn and deeply symbolic ...

Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk’s visit came as the Trump administration begins to open diplomatic channels to Russia in an ...

Pope Francis began a second week in hospital on Saturday, alert but still "not out of danger", as top cardinals sought to ...

Pax Christi of Stark County hosted a forum this week on immigration, defining an immigrant, migrant, refugee and asylum-seeker.

Doctors provided an update on Pope Francis' health, saying the 88-year-old is not yet out of danger despite showing ...

When a pope dies, after the camerlengo certifies the passing, the pope's ring is removed and destroyed to mark the end of his ...