where a fragment of wood believed to be the Lord's cross had been venerated every year on Good Friday since the fourth century. According to tradition, a part of the Holy Cross was discovered by ...

Pilgrims arriving in Rome for the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year have added a stop at the Gemelli Hospital where Francis is ...

The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, is battling pneumonia.