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

Pope Francis followed the Vatican’s weeklong spiritual retreat via videoconference on Monday as he continued his recovery ...

Pope Francis has hit the three-week mark in his hospitalization for double pneumonia. The 88-year-old Francis spent 20 ...

Pope Francis "had a tranquil night and woke shortly after 8 a.m.," the Vatican said, coming a day after he made his first ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio message broadcast ...