Pontiff’s message of peace and fraternity has challenged the rising tide of nativism, violence and global inequality.

This Tuesday, the Vatican reported that Francis "has slept well all night."The Vatican's evening bulletin on Monday was more ...

If Pope Francis passes away, the Vatican will follow a centuries-old protocol to announce and honor his death. Traditionally, ...

The group gathered for a Monday mass and a special word of encouragement from the new archbishop of Milwaukee, Jeffrey Grob.

Pope Francis, 88, has been in critical condition since the weekend but showed improvement and resumed some work Monday, the ...

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, ...

Pope Francis is continuing his recovery from pneumonia. That is after doctors reported a slight improvement in his condition, ...

On February 24, prayers for Pope Francis continued at Gemelli Hospital, where the Holy Father remains hospitalized. In the St ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis "rested well, all night long" in the hospital, Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday morning. Francis, 88, has been hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli ...

Marianne Moyaert provides a helpful but somber history of the ways European Christians have imagined people of ...

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