The D.C. region is home to hundreds of thousands of people of the Catholic faith, many of them saying extra prayers for the ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

The Vatican press office said there were "no episodes of asthmatic respiratory crisis" on Monday, and some laboratory tests "have improved." ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis remains in critical condition but has showed slight improvement in laboratory tests.

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement and resumed some work activities ...

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

In the Catholic Church’s Jubilee Year of Hope, much of the energy is being centered on Pope Francis's health.

The pope has been hospitalized for over a week at Rome's Gemelli Hospital in critical condition for a respiratory infection.

Pope Francis' "critical clinical condition" has shown a "slight improvement," the Vatican said on Monday, as the 88-year-old pontiff remains hospitalized following a pneumonia diagnosis."In view of ...

ROME -- Pope Francis is "resting" on Monday morning after spending his 10th night in the hospital, the Vatican press office said. "The night passed well, the Pope slept and is resting," the office ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ condition remained “critical” the evening of Feb. 23, his doctors said, with blood tests ...