The audience, which occurred Monday, signaled that the machinery of the Vatican was still grinding on and looking ahead even with Francis, 88, hospitalized and doctors warning his prognosis is guarded ...

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

Apple shareholders are expected to reject an attempt to pressure the technology trendsetter into scrapping corporate programs ...

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

On February 24, prayers for Pope Francis continued at Gemelli Hospital, where the Holy Father remains hospitalized. In the St ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis "rested well, all night long" in the hospital, Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday morning. Francis, 88, has been hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli ...

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

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

THE Vatican has issued a major health update on “critical” Pope Francis, saying there has been a slight improvement and that he has resumed some work activities. The Pontiff has spent ...

Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia, but his condition has shown a “slight improvement”, the ...

Pietro Parolin, a 70-year-old Italian polyglot who entered the seminary at just 14, is currently pitted as favourite to ...