Pope Francis denounced the "appalling humanitarian catastrophe" in Sudan in Sunday's written Angelus prayer. It is the ...

The Vatican released the Holy Father’s message while the 88-year-old Pontiff continues his convalescence in his Casa Santa ...

Pope Francis said on Sunday that he is experiencing Lent as a period of healing, both physically and spiritually, as he ...

On the first Thursday of Lent, the pope’s presence was still not concrete, but his sentiments were not abstract. As the faithful thanked Pope Francis, he in turn thanked them via a recorded ...

A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a ...

A convalescing Pope Francis greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a ...

Part of Pope Francis' hospital stay comes during Lent, a 40-day "season of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving that begins on Ash Wednesday and ends at sundown on Holy Thursday." Lent began on ...

showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten liturgical vestments sitting in a wheelchair in front of an altar in the hospital chapel. The Vatican said he was participating in the celebration of ...