Pope Francis has been at the Gemelli Clinic in Rome for a few days, steadily battling bilateral pneumonia. The media quickly ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...

A Rome-based Filipino priest has urged the public to avoid spreading false and unverified information about the health ...

This was the first time a special saying of the rosary was recited for the pope, Vatican officials said. Such a saying of the rosary is usually reserved for popes in grim conditions. The death of John ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition as the Vatican called senior church officials in Rome to a special saying of the ...

Pietro Parolin, a 70-year-old Italian polyglot who entered the seminary at just 14, is currently pitted as favourite to ...

“Popes are very important figures,” said Michael W. Higgins (no relation), author of the biography of Pope Francis, “The ...

Pope Francis, 88, developed pneumonia in both lungs over the weekend and is expected to remain in hospital for the next few ...

This Maundy Thursday, let us remember the extreme length and the profound depth of Jesus’ dying love. At long last, Jesus came to the climactic hour for which he had been born. We rightly remember his ...

Parents and children travelled from as far as Monaghan to snap up a free preowned Holy Communion outfit or accessories at an ...

The Vatican announced Monday that cardinals will lead a nightly rosary in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Francis’ recovery, with ...

Rome-based Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle on Sunday joined calls for prayers for Pope Francis, who remains in the hospital for ...