Italian prime minister Giorgia Meloni visited the pope today. In an official statement, she said that the pope was “alert and ...

The conference suddenly finds itself unable to sustain its work to care for the thousands of refugees who were welcomed into ...

Peter said to him in reply, “You are the Christ.” Then he warned them not to tell anyone about him. He began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer greatly and be rejected by the elders, the ...

Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs according to the medical report from his doctors this evening, Feb. 18.

A century ago, Al Smith was a force in American politics—and the first Catholic to mount a major run at the White House. And ...

Doctors say pneumonia in anyone can be serious, but for someone of the pope’s age, it’s potentially life-threatening.

Every time Pope Francis catches a cold, I get anxious. When he goes to the hospital, I panic. I love Francis and hope he can ...

Indeed, loving those who love us is easy. In this Sunday’s Gospel reading, Jesus himself reflects that, “if you love those who love you, what credit is that to you? Even sinners love those who love ...

Gina Hens-Piazza is the Joseph S. Alemany Professor of Biblical Studies at the Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University, Berkeley, CA.

Pope Francis will have to remain much longer in hospital than originally expected because he has “a complex clinical ...

To facilitate his recovery, doctors have prescribed that he observe “total rest,” the Vatican press office announced.

As the second account of creation in Genesis concludes, the narrator leaves us with a striking detail: “The man and his wife ...