Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop George J. Lucas and appointed the Rev. Michael McGovern, Bishop of the Diocese of Belleville, Illinois, as the sixth archbishop of Omaha.

Pope Francis was released home to the Vatican following a hospitalization in which he suffered two respiratory episodes that ...

Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he has been battling double pneumonia for the past five weeks, ...

After Francis' appearance at the hospital, he's expected to leave the facility by car and return to the Vatican.

A rich reputation for strong family life and quality Catholic education are two of the factors that have already impressed the man named Monday to be the sixth archbishop to ...

“It’s terrible,” Pope Francis gasped during a breathing crisis last month. The pope, his hand bruised with needle pricks and his oxygen saturation dipping to a dangerously low 78 during his ...

Those around Francis, he said, had “tears in their eyes.” And at one difficult moment the pope held Alfieri’s hand for comfort. But Francis – not for the first time – surprised people.

he held my hand for a few minutes, as if seeking comfort." Doctors have prescribed two months of rest and limited activity for Pope Francis now that he is back at the Vatican, and told him to ...

The top U.N. official in South Sudan is warning that the country is teetering on the edge of renewed civil war.

The pope will return to his residence at the Vatican. Pope Francis will be discharged from the hospital on Sunday and return to his residence at the Vatican, his doctors announced at a press ...

Pope Francis is scheduled to be discharged from the hospital on Sunday, his doctors at Gemelli Hospital said. Addressing reporters outside the hospital in Rome on Saturday, the pope’s doctors ...