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

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

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

The recorded message was the first released by the Vatican since Pope Francis was hospitalized with a respiratory illness on ...

On his 21st day in Rome's Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis' condition remained stable, and he continued his respiratory and physical therapy "with benefit" March 6, his doctors said. He had no fever, no ...

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St.

John Paul spent so much time on the 10th floor papal suite that he referred to Gemelli as “Vatican III” — a reference that ...

For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power.

Pope Francis continued oxygen therapy Wednesday from his armchair on the 10th floor of the Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, ...

Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with the Vatican ...

Vatican City — Pope Francis remained in critical but ... She was particularly fond of former pope St. John Paul II but said ...