The slight renal insufficiency the pope had in recent days subsided and a CAT scan of the chest showed a normal evolution of ...

The faithful continue to gather at St. Peter's Square and churches around Rome to pray for the health of the pontiff.

Senior Vatican official and Philippine Cardinal, Luis Tagle led prayers for Pope Francis at Saint Peter's Square. Hundreds of ...

A man attends a rosary prayer service with Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle held for the health of Pope Francis in St Peter's Square at The Vatican, Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025.

The Vatican hopes to have information later Wednesday about the results of a CT scan taken Tuesday evening to check on the ...

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

Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...

The combination of health issues has kept the Pope from performing his public duties, including weekly prayers on Sundays, ...

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

Pope Francis continues to be in serious but stable condition as he concludes his 12th day in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the ...

The Vatican has issued a nine-word statement on the condition of Pope Francis, who is critically ill in hospital battling ...

The audience, which occurred Monday, signaled that the machinery of the Vatican was still grinding on and looking ahead even with Francis, 88, hospitalized and doctors warning his prognosis is guarded ...