Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square Monday evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for ...

Pope Francis continued his recovery from pneumonia Tuesday as the Vatican set in motion a nightly marathon of prayers from ...

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

Pope Francis's health has slightly improved but he remains in a critical condition, the Vatican has said in a medical update.

Marianne Moyaert provides a helpful but somber history of the ways European Christians have imagined people of ...

Yesterday the Vatican issued a more positive health update on Pope Francis than in recent days, as they said there has been a ...

Pope Francis, hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, was showing signs of "slight improvement", the Vatican said Monday, while cautioning that doctors would not offer a ...

The Vatican reports that Pope Francis is showing "slight improvement" but remains in "critical" condition due to double ...