Nearly a decade after Pope Francis plucked them from a refugee camp in Greece, a Syrian couple and their child have carved ...

Argentines have long waited for Pope Francis to visit the homeland he left in 2013 to become the head of the Roman Catholic ...

Pope Francis, who suffered two respiratory crises on Monday (Mar 3) as he battles double pneumonia, has stabilised and no ...

Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...

The pope has been undergoing treatment for double pneumonia and a complex infection in a Rome hospital, and his condition has ...

Pope Francis' approach to LGBTQ issues marked a major, if mixed, shift in tone for the Catholic Church -- from scorn to ...

Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

Doctors have removed a mechanical ventilator from Pope Francis as the pontiff continues to recover from a respiratory ...

The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized since Feb. 14 after a bout of bronchitis worsened and turned into a complex ...

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

The crises were a new setback in what has become a more than two-week battle by the frail pope to overcome a complex respiratory infection. The Vatican said the mucus that had accumulated in Francis's ...