Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...
Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.
VERY TARGETED THERAPY' Gemelli hospital, Rome's largest, has a special suite for treating popes, and is known especially for ...
The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...
Just outside the hospital, hundreds of the faithful with their own stories stop to pray every day at the feet of the statue ...
The Vatican said doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ventilation following a coughing fit in which he inhaled ...
When each pope takes on the role of religious leader of the Catholic church, they adopt a brand new name, and it's usually ...
Rome's Gemelli hospital, where Pope Francis is being treated for pneumonia, is the favoured choice of pontiffs — to the point ...
Pope Francis’ medical team says the pontiff's condition isn’t life-threatening. But they said Friday that Francis isn't out ...
Recovery for the 88-year-old Holy Father “will certainly not be imminent,” Vatican officials cautioned, indicating a ...