Pope Francis is resting after a peaceful night in the hospital. His condition is stable, though the prognosis remains ...

The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the ...

Hundreds visited the Vatican city on Thursday to weigh out the future of the Church, as Pope Francis remains in hospital for ...

Pope Francis "remained stationary" on Wednesday, "without showing any episodes of respiratory failure," but rested peacefully ...

Mancuso first encountered Pope Francis in December 2017 at Santa Marta House, his residence in the Vatican City. She shouted, ...

Pope Francis is resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

A 900-year-old book by Saint Malachy predicts Judgement Day in 2027. The prophecy, tied to Pope Francis, resurfaces amid ...

The pope, who has chronic lung disease, has been stable for two days after suffering two respiratory crises Monday.

The Catholic Church has opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter without the participation of Pope Francis.

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

The Placer County Sheriff's Office said deputies were responding to reports of gunfire heard near a small, private school in North Auburn on Wednesday afternoon. Officials said the sound of gunfire ...

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