VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Doctors said there has been a “slight improvement” in Pope Francis’ condition on Monday (Feb. 24) after ...

Francis, 88, had remained in critical condition throughout the weekend after severe breathing difficulties were reported.

Pope Francis remains in hospital in a critical condition, with the Vatican saying he has presented a "slight improvement".

According to U.N. data, more than 12,600 civilians have died in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including more than 2,400 ...

A Rome-based Filipino priest has urged the public to avoid spreading false and unverified information about the health ...

Christian hope is not optimism or wishful thinking. Hope is a theological virtue, essential to our faith, pointing us toward ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...

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

This was the first time a special saying of the rosary was recited for the pope, Vatican officials said. Such a saying of the rosary is usually reserved for popes in grim conditions. The death of John ...

The Pope has now been in the hospital for 11 days and doctors say his prognosis remains uncertain as so many around the globe ...

Pope Francis remains critically ill with double pneumonia but has shown slight signs of improvement, the Vatican said on ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in laboratory tests and resumed some work, the Vatican said, including calling a parish in Gaza City that he has ...