The stational Mass and central ceremony of the distribution of ashes has long been celebrated, not at Saint Peter’s Basilica ...

For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been ...

Pope Francis was heard for the first time since being hospitalized for double pneumonia in a recorded message that was played in St. Peter's Square. He thanked his supporters.

Pope Francis remains so stable without respiratory crises that the Vatican's next update on his health will not come until ...

Pope Francis was resting on Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia, ...

The pope on Wednesday marked the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead and by calling the parish priest in Gaza, ...

Because of the continued complexity of his case, his doctors continue to hold that his "prognosis remains guarded." ...

The journey of Lent "unfolds amid the remembrance of our fragility and the hope that, at the end of the road, the Risen Lord is waiting for us," Pope Francis wrote in his homily for Ash Wednesday.

The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, has been stable for two ...

Pope Francis was resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.