Rome — Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s weeklong spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continued his ...

The expatriate community is small but shares a special bond with Francis, who has been in the hospital since Feb. 14.

Clutching a bouquet of yellow roses, 79-year-old Carmela Vittoria Mancuso makes her way to Rome's Gemelli hospital each ...

Nearly a decade after Pope Francis plucked them from a refugee camp in Greece, a Syrian couple and their child have carved ...

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

Catholic faithful in Rome and the Vatican City prayed for Pope Francis' recovery on Tuesday, after he stabilized following ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis is responding well to therapy for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement ...

In his absence, the Vatican’s day-to-day operations continued alongside celebrations of its Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century Jubilee that brings millions of pilgrims to Rome. On Sunday, ...

ROME — Pope Francis was a frequent visitor to Rome long before he became pope, and over time found his favorite shops and ...