France's prime minister was under increasing pressure Friday after a former teacher at a Catholic school claimed Francois ...

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Vatican reports Pope Francis showing improvement after week-long hospitalization for pneumonia and respiratory infection.

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His doctors said “the pope is fine” and “working,” though they cautioned he remains in significant danger as he fights a bout ...

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Pope Francis is responding “positively” to medical treatment for pneumonia, according to the Vatican, a week after the 88-year-old pontiff was hospitalized in Rome.

Cardinal Tarcisio Isao Kikuchi, president of Caritas Internationalis, stresses situation of millions of people affected by ...

Pope Francis has spent a peaceful night at Rome’s Gemelli hospital and continues his recovery today, Vatican spokesman Matteo ...

There is a need for more priests, payment to sexual abuse survivors, and a way to tackle structured religion attrition.

New York’s Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who is both ecclesiastically and politically one of the most important Catholics in the ...

It's considered poor taste to discuss publicly who's up or down in the papal stakes of a future conclave, much less to start ...