‘My heart really hurts a lot,’ Ukrainian archbishop says of thousands believed to be somewhere in Russia.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and divest ourselves," Pope Francis said in a message to 23 men from eight ...

Pope Francis was admitted to hospital in Rome on February 14 with breathing difficulties and his clinical picture has been described as "complex" and "critical".