The medical staff looking after Pope Francis considered stopping his treatment so he could die, according to the lead doctor, ...

On March 25, the solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, the International Day of the Unborn Child is celebrated in more ...

Here's Thomas Cromwell at New York's Frick Collection, trapped in canvas by the Tudor court painter Hans Holbein: thick ...

Tradition recounts that Longinus, a Roman centurion, pierced the side of Jesus with this very spear during the crucifixion.

Pope Francis had a restful night in Rome's Gemelli hospital, the Vatican said Tuesday, following news that the 88-year-old pontiff has been responding well to treatment and is no longer in ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis is no longer in immediate danger of death and is responding well to treatment in hospital, the Vatican said on Monday, in a sign of progress as the 88-year-old ...

Pope Francis issued a message Sunday thanking volunteers for the "miracle of tenderness" they offer the sick, as the Vatican celebrated the Holy Year Mass for volunteers around the world in his ...

Pope Francis on Sunday said defeats are not definitive for those who believe in Jesus Christ and trust in God’s love and forgiveness. In his prepared March 9 homily for the first Sunday of Lent ...

Roman Catholic Pope Francis is stable and continues to undergo treatments, including nighttime non-invasive mechanical ventilation and daytime high-flow oxygen nasal cannulas, the Holy Press ...

Pope Francis is working from his bed at Rome’s Gemelli University Hospital, where he has been since Feb. 14 amid a scary bout of double pneumonia, but the 88-year-old is not out of the woods yet ...

For the first time since his hospitalization around three weeks ago, Pope Francis is showing a good response to treatment, a Vatican source told CNN. This follows a statement from the Vatican ...