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

Doctors say the pope's health situation is complicated because he had part of his lung removed in his 20s. Currently, his ...

The eyes of the Catholic world are focused on Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis remains hospitalized for ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis remains in critical condition but has showed slight improvement in laboratory tests.

The Vatican press office said there were "no episodes of asthmatic respiratory crisis" on Monday, and some laboratory tests ...

A group of nuns, priests and students from a Catholic university gathered outside the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Monday to ...

Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia, but his condition has shown a "slight improvement", the ...

Vatican officials announced on Sunday that Pope Francis is currently suffering from "mild renal insufficiency" amid his ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis was "resting" on Monday morning after spending his 10th night in the hospital, the Vatican ...

Pope Francis, 88, was resting Monday morning, his 10th day at the hospital for a complex lung infection that led to the early ...

The Vatican described his condition as critical for the first time on Saturday, reporting that the 88-year-old Francis needed ...