For the fourth Sunday in a row, the pope will not appear for his weekly noon blessing, though the Vatican planned to ...

But his doctors have decided to keep his prognosis as 'guarded', meaning that he is not yet in the clear.

With Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the ...

The 88-year-old, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, is entering his fourth week at Rome’s Gemelli hospital.

Pope Francis "had a tranquil night and woke shortly after 8 a.m.," the Vatican said, coming a day after he made his first ...

On his 21st day in Rome's Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis' condition remained stable, and he continued his respiratory and physical therapy "with benefit" March 6, his doctors said. He had no fever, no ...

The church opposes “the ideology that usually accompanies so many sex-change decisions,” which Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández said is an ideology that claims “omnipotence” and refuses to recognize ...

The pope, who has chronic lung disease, has been stable for two days after suffering two respiratory crises Monday.

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

The Catholic Church has opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter without the participation of Pope Francis ...

The two-day workshop, titled “Artificial Intelligence, Justice, and Democracy,” was hosted by the Pontifical Academy of ...