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

The Vatican has issued the most promising news yet as Pope Francis, 88, continues to recover in Rome's Gemelli hospital since ...

The Vatican on Friday declared that Pope Francis’ condition is no longer critical. It said the “critical phase has passed, ...

Despite undergoing his longest hospitalization yet due to a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia with an ...

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