The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Pope Francis who's currently battling pneumonia reportedly believes that he won't live longer, thus, his wake and funeral are being prepared.

The Vatican said Pope Francis is doing a bit better after being diagnosed with pneumonia in both of his lungs. The pontiff ...

Italy’s bishops called upon the faithful of the country to pray for the 88-year-old Pope Francis on Wednesday after he was ...

Cardinal Pablo Virgilio David and other leaders of the Catholic Church in the country urge the public to pray for the healing ...

Pope Francis, despite a worrying bilateral pneumonia diagnosis, is breathing on his own and not experiencing heart problems, ...

Cardinal Pietro Cardinal Parolin has praised authorities in Burkina Faso for their effort to regain control of the country, ...

A top Vatican official for evangelization has called ... “can help us to overcome a further suspicious attitude which sadly we see increasingly in highly secularized societies, namely the ...

Even while Pope Francis is hospitalized, he still keeps in touch with a Roman Catholic parish in Gaza City, making ...

One out of four people living in Lebanon is a refugee, and the majority of children born in refugee camps are unregistered at ...

The Vatican on Tuesday canceled papal audiences through the weekend and delegated others to cover for Pope Francis as the ...

The 88-year-old pontiff was initially admitted to the hospital on Friday for bronchitis. On Monday, the Vatican said test ...