Pope Francis, 88, was admitted to hospital on Feb 14 with a severe respiratory infection that has triggered other ...

Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz, a long-time confidant and Secretary of the late Pope John Paul II, has said he believed that the ...

Francis remained in stable condition, with a guarded prognosis, meaning he was not out of danger, the Vatican said.

Francis, 88, was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that developed into ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis was resting Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period leading up to Holy Week ...

Pope Francis “rested well” during his 20th night in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital and “woke up after 8 a.m.,” the Vatican said at 8 ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

Not all Christians observe Ash Wednesday, but for those who do, it typically involves attending a church service. During the service, clergy members either mark a cross on worshippers’ foreheads with ...