The pope, who is recovering from pneumonia, surprised worshippers a the Vatican for the second straight Sunday.

Two art restorers were putting the final touches on a months-long restoration of the tomb of Pope Urban VIII, who in 1626 ...

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Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, has said Pope Francis continues to rest after his return ...

Carlo Acutis will become the Catholic Church’s first millennial saint at a solemn canonization Mass on April 27 in St.

(AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) The body of Carlo Acutis ... and formally took off shortly after Pope Francis began his papacy in 2013. Acutis was named “venerable” in 2018 after the church ...

and formally took off shortly after Pope Francis began his papacy in 2013. Acutis was named “venerable” in 2018 after the church recognized his virtuous life, and his body was taken to a ...

Now, the attention in the Vatican is on how the 88-year-old pontiff will lead the Catholic Church following what has been the worst health crisis of his papacy. The early signs point to the pope ...

Francis this week has been following a Lenten spiritual retreat that has been a mainstay of his papacy, with updates on his condition omitting reference to work as earlier in his hospital stay.

VATICAN CITY — A frail Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday after a five-week hospitalization for life-threatening double pneumonia, and he made a surprise stop at his favorite ...

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But they said he should be able to resume all his normal activities eventually. His return home, after the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy and the second-longest in recent papal history, ...