The Vatican said doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ventilation following a coughing fit in which he inhaled ...

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.

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

This was the first and only time a pope visited the Alamo City, drawing an estimated 350,000 people to his outdoor Mass at ...

For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power.

Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia, but his condition has shown a "slight improvement", the ...

Holy Hours are bring held in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is being treated as well as at other places ...

Nuns sit next to a statue of Pope John Paul II in front of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, in Rome, Monday, Feb. 17, 2025, where Pope Francis has been hospitalized to undergo some necessary ...

In 2001, Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal ... The vast majority, 217, have been from Italy. Pope Francis was the first pope named from South America. Edward Pentin, the National Catholic ...

Pope John Paul II, whose papacy lasted from 1978-2005, had visible tremors for years before the Vatican finally confirmed in 2003 that he had Parkinson's disease. And the stomach cancer that ...