Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

People of the Catholic faith around the world are lighting candles and praying for the health of Pope Francis while he ...

Over the weekend, the Vatican announced serious complications in the recovery of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff, who ...

Before he was hospitalized for double pneumonia, Pope Francis was battling firm resistance from some of his own cardinals ...

He had battled resistance from some cardinals about how to plug a widening gap in the Vatican’s funds. Read more at ...

Pope Francis is continuing his slow recovery from double pneumonia and beating back speculation of an imminent death, ...

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition fighting a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia, world and ...

The Vatican said the 88-year-old pope once again slept well during the night at Rome’s Gemelli hospital and was resting ...

CARACAS, Venezuela — A man revered by millions as the “doctor of the poor” will be the first saint from Venezuela after Pope Francis approved a decree Tuesday.

The Vatican said that the pope "slept well during the night and is now resting" peacefully on Thursday morning as the pontiff begins his 14th day in hospital.

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