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

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

Pope Francis remains hospitalized battling double Pneumonia as of Wednesday afternoon, according to a recent report from ...

A "silent genocide" -- mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994 -- is occurring eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, as ...

The Vatican reports that Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia and a kidney issue, is showing slight improvement. He is ...

And the postulator of St. John Paul II's sainthood cause, Msgr. Slawomir Oder, in 2010 published the letters Pope John Paul ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

Pope Francis entered the hospital for treatment of bronchitis on Feb. 14. Almost two weeks later, doctors say the pope — who contracted a case of double pneumonia while at Romes ...

For nearly two millennia, popes have shaped Catholic doctrine, guided the faithful, and navigated global challenges, from St.

Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

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

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