Catholic women frustrated over being disenfranchised by the church despite promises of greater recognition are going on ...

Pope Francis is resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the ...

Pope Francis remains so stable without respiratory crises that the Vatican's next update on his health will not come until ...

For Catholics around the world, this is a special year, a “Jubilee Year,” as declared by Pope Francis. Every 25 years, the ...

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

The pope, who has chronic lung disease, has been stable for two days after suffering two respiratory crises Monday.

Severe weather didn’t put a damper on the observance of Ash Wednesday, which is especially poignant this year as Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis was "resting" Thursday after a peaceful night, the Vatican said as the 88-year-old nears three weeks in hospital ...

In South Florida, Catholics attended mass at churches in greater numbers to commemorate Ash Wednesday, which marks the first ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores ...