A Vatican announcement on Feb. 25 that Blessed José Gregório Hernández will be canonized was received in South America – ...

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

Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia ...

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

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

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 ...

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

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

Pope Francis is in stable condition after his episodes of acute respiratory failure on Monday, the Vatican said Tuesday.