The 88-year-old Francis has pneumonia in both lungs and remains in critical condition despite showing a slight improvement ...

The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will lead the first prayer Monday. Francis, who has double pneumonia and is in ...

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high ...

The pope is in good spirits and is grateful for the prayers for his recovery, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A special mass of healing was held Tuesday morning for Pope Francis as he remains hospitalized in ...

A historic Vatican II altar that had been dismantled at the former St. Elizabeth of Hungary Church in Cleveland, is now ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in laboratory tests and resumed ...

Pope Francis showed modest improvement in laboratory tests on Monday and resumed select work activities, the Vatican reported ...