The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Francis still had a long road ahead.

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

The Vatican press office has released a statement saying the pope had a peaceful evening of rest in hospital and is ...

Worshippers continue to leave messages for Pope Francis at hospital in Rome. The Vatican announced that the Pope's condition ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

The Vatican said that the pope "slept well during the night and is now resting" peacefully on Thursday morning as the pontiff begins his 14th day in hospital.

The Vatican says that Pope Francis continues to improve from double pneumonia Thursday, though doctors say he needs more days ...

Pope Francis said previously that he might retire if facing extreme health issues. The Vatican reported that his condition is ...

The Vatican has not announced Pope Francis is resigning, contrary to online claims. Further, his successor would be elected by Cardinals, not Francis.

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