For approximately 1.4 billion Catholics worldwide, Rome is the axis around which the entire cosmos turns. It is often said ...

Pope Francis continued his slow recovery from double pneumonia on Thursday, beating back speculation of an imminent death, ...

Pope Francis will not lead the Vatican's Ash Wednesday service on March 5, the Vatican said on Friday, despite his health ...

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

The Vatican press office has released a statement saying the pope had a peaceful evening of rest in hospital and is ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

Despite undergoing his longest hospitalization yet due to a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia with an ...

Despite his hospitalization, the pope has maintained a degree of governance and authorized the appointment of four new ...

In a historical move, the nation’s top court has agreed to hear an appeal by socially poor Dalit Catholics in southern India ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy, who is getting ready to take over as archbishop of Washington, D.C. in March, called for compassion ...

In a few days, Christians will begin practicing the 40-day season of prayer, fasting and giving, known as Lent. The period is ...

Pope Francis has shown steady, albeit slight, improvements since a respiratory crisis and kidney trouble over the weekend ...