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

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

Just outside the hospital, hundreds of the faithful with their own stories stop to pray every day at the feet of the statue ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis suffered two episodes of "acute respiratory failure" on Monday, the Vatican said. The ...

Pope Francis suffered two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency and went back on a ventilator as he remains ...

Recovery for the 88-year-old Holy Father “will certainly not be imminent,” Vatican officials cautioned, indicating a ...

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Pope Francis' extended hospitalization and care is a reminder that every human being, especially the frail or elderly, must ...