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

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

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

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

Pope Francis remains critically ill with double pneumonia but has shown slight signs of improvement, the Vatican said on ...

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

If the pope were to pass away, an Irish Cardinal, Kevin Farrell, will play a crucial role in sharing the news with the world ...

Francis, 88, had remained in critical condition throughout the weekend after severe breathing difficulties were reported.

According to U.N. data, more than 12,600 civilians have died in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including more than 2,400 ...