Catholic cardinals in Rome marked the start of the Lent religious season on Wednesday without Pope Francis, as the ...

Pope Francis, who is in hospital with pneumonia, "rested well" overnight while wearing an oxygen mask, the Vatican said ...

The Catholic Church has opened the solemn Lenten season without the participation of Pope Francis, who was in the third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia. A cardinal took ...

The oil on canvas work by Mexican artist Roberto Marquez was among the tributes left for Pope Francis at the base of a statue ...

Pope Francis “rested well” during his 20th night in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital and “woke up after 8 a.m.,” the Vatican said at 8 ...

The pope "rested well" and woke shortly after 8 a.m. this morning, his 20th day in hospital, as his condition remains stable ...

Pope Francis rested well during his 19th night in hospital with pneumonia, the Vatican said Wednesday, as celebrations for ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

When the Roman Empire began collapsing, Christianity prevailed and the Roman Catholic Church kept its territories together.

Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia in hospital, has delegated Cardinal Angelo De Donatis to preside at the traditional ...