People of the Catholic faith around the world are lighting candles and praying for the health of Pope Francis while he ...

People in Rome and the Vatican are relying on their faith as they cope with the daily anxiety waiting to hear about the ...

Over the weekend, the Vatican announced serious complications in the recovery of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff, who ...

Pope Francis has shown a "further, slight improvement" in his medical condition, the Vatican said on Wednesday, in a sign of ...

Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

The faithful continue to gather at St. Peter's Square and churches around Rome to pray for the health of the pontiff.

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

Francis, 88, has been in critical condition for several days and he has remained absent from several regular appearances. The ...

Pope Francis, in critical condition battling double pneumonia, had a quiet night in hospital and is resting, the Vatican said ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition fighting a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia, world and ...

The slight renal insufficiency the pope had in recent days subsided and a CAT scan of the chest showed a normal evolution of ...