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

The Vatican Dicastery for Legislative Texts strongly cautioned against publishing "news" that would harm the reputation of an ...

CNN international correspondent Jeremy Diamond visits the West Bank amid Israel’s Iron Wall operation. Israel launched a military campaign focused on the northern West Bank which last month, just two ...

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

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

This photo gallery, curated by photo editor Subramoney Iyer, highlights some of the most compelling images worldwide made or ...

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 ...