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

Eleven days after the pope was hospitalized, speculation is mounting and prayers for his recovery verge on a vigil.

Some reports said top global religious figure, Pope Francis, has died. Amid the anxiety surrounding the Pope's health, ...

Pope Francis met with the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Monday as he rested comfortably ...

Catholics across the world, and in Iowa, are praying for the recovery of Pope Francis. On Tuesday, the Vatican said he's in ...

The reason for the visit was announced today: The Holy Father authorized the decrees designating five persons as servants of ...

The Vatican on Monday said, “The critical clinical conditions of the Holy Father demonstrate a slight improvement. Even today ...

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Francis had appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa and layman Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi to ...

Pope Francis, who is in critical condition with double pneumonia, is alert and has met Vatican officials in hospital to ...

Sister Maximilian Marie Garretson with Bishop Reicher High School took a group last month to Rome, Italy to see and interact ...

After 12 days in hospital, numerous blood transfusions, copious oxygen and the world’s prayers, Pope Francis appears to be ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, led a recitation of the rosary for Pope Francis on the 11th day of his ...