Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.

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

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

While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

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

As Pope Francis remains critically ill, students and faculty at the University of Dallas are praying for his healing.

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The pope has suffered from pneumonia in both lungs and experienced a “long asthmatic respiratory crisis” over the weekend.

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

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement and resumed some work activities ...

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