In recent weeks, worrying health bulletins about the pope may have led to the belief that his death was imminent, sparking ...

For the fourth Sunday in a row, the pope will not appear for his weekly noon blessing, though the Vatican planned to ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis entered the fifth week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia on Saturday with signs of recovery ...

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

The things we handle carefully are usually the things we hold in high esteem. When it comes to the holy Eucharist, the living sacramental presence of Jesus Christ, this should be true all the more.

The Vatican said on Friday morning that the pope had a “peaceful ... when he experienced two acute respiratory crises. Image Candles and flowers outside the Policlinico Agostino Gemelli, the ...

Catholic worshippers gather for a prayer of the Rosary for Pope Francis in St ... where Pope Francis is hospitalized since Friday, Feb. 14. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) Nuns pray for Pope Francis ...

"Christians are baptized 'in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit' [Mt 28:19 ... tenderness can also be expressed by the image of motherhood, [Cf. Is 66:13; Ps 131:2 ...

Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his papacy Thursday with increasingly positive medical updates four weeks into ...