Pope Francis will not lead the Vatican's Ash Wednesday service on March 5, the Vatican said on Friday, despite his health ...

For the second day in a row, doctors avoided saying the pontiff was in a critical condition, suggesting he had overcome the ...

The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Francis still had a long road ahead.

Pope Francis is improving after spending the past two weeks hospitalized with double pneumonia, but the Vatican said his ...

Pope Francis has reached the two-week mark in his recovery from pneumonia, with doctors indicating that he has passed the most critical phase of the infection. However, medical professionals remain ...

Pope Francis, who has been hospitalised for two weeks battling double pneumonia, has spent another peaceful night and is now ...

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Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors said Wednesday his prognosis is ...

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