As Pope Francis' condition remains stable, which is a sign of continued improvement, he followed the start of the Lenten ...

Made of ashes and earth, we experience fragility through illness, poverty, and the hardships that can suddenly befall us and ...

As the United States doubles down on its plan for mass deportations, Pope Francis in his message for Lent this year ...

Pope Francis' condition continued to be stable with further slight improvements March 11, the Vatican press office said.

In his prepared March 5 catechesis, the Holy Father spoke about the 12-year-old Jesus’ desire to live his mission as the Son ...

Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his papacy Thursday with increasingly positive medical updates four weeks into his hospitalization.

ROME (AP) — The recovery of Pope Francis from double pneumonia continued Wednesday as he inched toward notching some ...

We have come in the Christian year to the season of Lent. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, which falls this year on March 5.

Pope Francis is resting after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask as he undergoes hospital treatment for ...

During Lent, Catholics in China are meditating on aging and illness through the lens of Christian hope, drawing inspiration ...

The Vatican press office on Saturday described “a good response to therapy” and a “gradual, slight improvement” since the ...

Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to Holy Week observances, after sleeping ...