Now in its 12th year, the Church’s “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten initiative is believed to have been inspired by the ...

Senior figures in the Vatican are talking now of a new phase of the Francis papacy, with the pope seeing his physical vulnerability as a means to show solidarity with the world’s most vulnerable ...

Francis this week has been following a Lenten spiritual retreat that has been a mainstay of his papacy, with updates on his condition omitting reference to work as earlier in his hospital stay.

Francis rejected all trappings of sovereignty and cult of personality. Instead, he has lived and preached what Jesus ...

A living legend of the Vatican’s press corps, Mexican journalist Valentina Alazraki, has said Pope Francis is a keen ...

Francis has sought to normalize the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp while still wielding the awesome ...

Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican after he was hospitalized for five weeks with a life-threatening bout of ...

The 88-year-old pontiff has been battling double pneumonia in both lungs after he was admitted to the hospital​ on Feb. 14.

Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs, his doctors said.

Francis has sought to normalize the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp while still wielding the awesome ...