Upon the resignation or death of a pope, a group of clergy members known as the College of Cardinals would be called to ...

Pope Francis spends “a peaceful night” at Rome‘s Gemelli Hospital and has breakfast while sitting in an armchair on Thursday ...

The pope has begun working again after he showed slight improvement days after initially being listed in critical condition.

Catholics worldwide, including in Connecticut, are praying for Pope Francis as he remains in critical condition Monday.

The Pope has now been in the hospital for 11 days and doctors say his prognosis remains uncertain as so many around the globe ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Doctors said there has been a “slight improvement” in Pope Francis’ condition on Monday (Feb. 24) after ...

Kentucky continues to be without its three main players, with Kerr Kriisa, Lamont Butler, and Jaxson Robinson as they are recovering from their injuries.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...

The latest from the Vatican on Monday morning indicated that Pope Francis remains in critical condition receiving treatment ...

Christian hope is not optimism or wishful thinking. Hope is a theological virtue, essential to our faith, pointing us toward ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in laboratory tests and resumed some work, the Vatican said, including calling a parish in Gaza City that he has ...

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