The Vatican's Tuesday noon bulletin announced that Francis had approved decrees for two new saints and five people for ...

Pope Francis is sitting upright and receiving therapy for double pneumonia while he remains in critical condition.

The Vatican said that the pope "slept well during the night and is now resting" peacefully on Thursday morning as the pontiff begins his 14th day in hospital.

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

For centuries, one of the biggest taboos at the Vatican was openly discussing the pope's health. As leader of the world's 1.4 ...

The late Pope John Paul II in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital after the assassination attempt in 1981. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – As Pope Francis enters his 14 th day at the Gemelli ...

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

Unlike most governments, the Catholic Church has no “No. 2” official designated to step in if a pope is unable to perform his ...

Thousands gathered in a rain-soaked St. Peter's Square on Monday night to pray for Pope Francis' health after a more positive update from the Vatican.

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who has been in hospital ... lighting candles and praying at the foot of a statue of former pope John Paul II. “I’m very sad,” Rome retiree Assunta Pandolfi ...