The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

The Vatican said that the pope "slept well during the night and is now resting" peacefully on Thursday morning as the pontiff begins his 14th day in hospital.

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

In 2001, Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal ... The vast majority, 217, have been from Italy. Pope Francis was the first pope named from South America. Edward Pentin, the National Catholic ...

Holy Hours are bring held in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is being treated as well as at other places ...

For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power.

Pope John Paul II, whose papacy lasted from 1978-2005, had visible tremors for years before the Vatican finally confirmed in 2003 that he had Parkinson's disease. And the stomach cancer that ...

The exhibit responds to Saint John Paul II’s call for greater understanding and devotion to the Shroud of Turin, which many ...

He was ordained a Catholic priest in 1969 and became archbishop in 1998. In 2001 Pope John Paul II made him a cardinal. If and when Pope Francis is unable to continue or fulfill his papal duties ...