The 88-year-old Francis has pneumonia in both lungs and remains in critical condition despite showing a slight improvement ...

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

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.

The Vatican says Pope Francis remains in critical condition and blood tests show early kidney failure but he remains alert ...

Pope Francis spends “a peaceful night” at Rome‘s Gemelli Hospital and has breakfast while sitting in an armchair on Thursday ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement and resumed some work activities ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, will lead a public recitation of the rosary at 9 p.m. Feb. 24 in St.

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