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

ROME — Pope Francis was resting Saturday after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia: Doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ventilation following a coughing fit ...

Faithful and visitors at the Vatican's Saint Peter's Square were concerned on Friday following news of an "isolated breathing ...

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It's considered gauche to ...

Speakers and attendees at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Friday prayed for Pope Francis amid his ongoing ailments and emphasized a message of hope.

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

U.S. Vice President JD Vance led attendees at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in a prayer for Pope Francis’ ...

Speech is among our greatest gifts, yet self-mastery in speech is rare. Some of the most common sins we commit are related to speech: gossip, idle chatter, lies, exaggeration, harsh attack, and ...

Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm on Friday that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive mechanical ventilation.

Amid ongoing health issues facing Pope Francis, here is the process by the Vatican when a pontiff passes away.

Pope Francis experienced an isolated bronchial spasm resulting in a temporary setback in his hospitalization treatment for ...