Pope Francis is showing improvement as he battles double pneumonia, the Vatican said on Friday, but he will not lead an ...

The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Francis still had a long road ahead.

The Vatican has issued the most promising news yet as Pope Francis, 88, continues to recover in Rome's Gemelli hospital since ...

Pope Francis said previously that he might retire if facing extreme health issues. The Vatican reported that his condition is ...

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

The Vatican press office has released a statement saying the pope had a peaceful evening of rest in hospital and is ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

Despite his hospitalization, the pope has maintained a degree of governance and authorized the appointment of four new ...