ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday hailed the release ... facilitate as part of a three-way dialogue with Washington and Havana that dates back to the Cuban missile crisis.

That this once-“insuperable” obstacle evidently no longer exists, and that the joint declaration signed by Pope Francis and Patriarch Kirill in Havana acknowledges the UGCC’s “right to ...

Pope Francis spent his 10th day in hospital Sunday as Catholics around the world prayed for his recovery, the day after the ...

I’ve been a Roman Catholic since 1954. I have great respect for Pope Francis. When it comes to matters of faith and morals, what he says, goes. But when it comes to politics and economics, ...

"I am old, but I still can do my duty," Castro was quoted as joking. At the airport in Havana, Cuba's president, Raul Castro, bid farewell to the pope, saying the visit had been held "in an atmosphere ...

The Vatican, February 18 (RHC)-- Pope Francis has spent a fourth night hospitalized in Rome, where he is being treated for a ...

The Vatican, February 22 (RHC)-- Pope Francis’s health has deteriorated over the past 24 four hours, the Vatican said, adding that the pontiff had suffered a “prolonged asthma-like respiratory crisis” ...