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

Francis remained in stable condition, with a guarded prognosis, meaning he was not out of danger, the Vatican said.

Pope Francis' approach to LGBTQ issues marked a major, if mixed, shift in tone for the Catholic Church -- from scorn to ...

Francis has weighed in publicly before on ethics for end-of-life medical situations, but it is unknown whether he has made ...

Pope Francis continued his slow recovery from double pneumonia on Thursday, beating back speculation of an imminent death, ...

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

The Vatican has not announced Pope Francis is resigning, contrary to online claims. Further, his successor would be elected ...

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis couldn't celebrate Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent outside the hospital.

On a recent weekend in this once deeply Catholic city, many expressed worry about Pope Francis, but there was also an air of ...

Pope Francis, the first Jesuit pope and one of the oldest popes in the Roman Catholic Church's history, has served as pope since 2013 ...

Pope Francis had a "good night" as he enters his third week of treatment for double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, the ...

The church opposes “the ideology that usually accompanies so many sex-change decisions,” which Cardinal Víctor Manuel ...