People of the Catholic faith around the world are lighting candles and praying for the health of Pope Francis while he ...

Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

Over the weekend, the Vatican announced serious complications in the recovery of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff, who ...

A secret meeting, and echoes of Benedict’s exit, have heightened talk that Francis could resign, too. But the possibility is ...

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition fighting a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia, world and ...

Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

The slight renal insufficiency the pope had in recent days subsided and a CAT scan of the chest showed a normal evolution of ...

People in Rome and the Vatican are relying on their faith as they cope with the daily anxiety waiting to hear about the ...

A little-remembered gathering in the 1960s could have stopped the problems which now batter the Church’s reputation, a new ...

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

Since learning of the Pope’s critical condition, students at John Paul II have offered up their daily prayers.

The faithful continue to gather at St. Peter's Square and churches around Rome to pray for the health of the pontiff.