VATICAN CITY A bit stronger than the day before, Pope Francis yesterday morning attentively listened to his two closest ...

The Church in Pakistan should not remain silent while waiting for the Vatican to recognize Shahbaz Bhatti and Akash Bashir ...

Pope Francis, who the Vatican said is responding well to treatment for pneumonia, thanked his doctors and healthcare workers ...

"The night was quiet, the pope was resting," the Holy See, the Vatican's press office, said in a brief statement on Sunday morning.

Pope Francis issued a message thanking volunteers for the "miracle of tenderness" they offer the sick as he continues to recover from double pneumonia.

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