Just outside the hospital, hundreds of the faithful with their own stories stop to pray every day at the feet of the statue ...

Pope Francis suffered two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency and went back on a ventilator as he remains ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis suffered two episodes of "acute respiratory failure" on Monday, the Vatican said. The ...

Recovery for the 88-year-old Holy Father “will certainly not be imminent,” Vatican officials cautioned, indicating a ...

For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power.

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