Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

As speculation about Pope Francis' health rises, the Vatican begins preparations for a potential papal funeral, following ...

I notice that the Feast of “the Chair of St. Peter” is coming up. What is that all about? A: Yes, each year the Church ...

Pope Francis has been diagnosed with double pneumonia after being hospitalised last week. The Vatican said the 88-year-old's ...

The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was “alert and ...