Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate Thursday in the hospital — the first pope to do so in modern church history — as he received increasingly positive medical news on his ...

The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number of calls. Many want to know how Pope Francis ...

NEW DELHI (AP) — Millions of people in South Asia celebrated Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, on Friday by smearing each other with brightly colored powder, dancing to festive music and feasting on ...

Cuba completed this week the agreed-upon release of 553 prisoners. However, it did not report how many were linked to the ...

A month after being hospitalized, Pope Francis is showing significant improvement, moving as he did before his admission.

Pope Francis’ condition “continues to be stable,” and “the recovery process is slow and requires time for the consolidation ...

For much of the church’s history, the pope’s body was closely associated with the sanctity of his office, as the papal ...

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...

In a long post on X, the Ukrainian leader said that during the conversation with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, “I wished Pope Francis a speedy recovery and thanked him for his prayers and moral support for ...

"The Holy See has received a list of Ukrainians being held in Russian prisons and camps. We are counting on support for their ...

"The exchange of prisoners and an unconditional 30-day provisional ceasefire are the first rapid steps that could ...

Over 30,000 runners will hold 42 seconds of silence for Pope Francis before the start of the Rome marathon on Sunday morning.