Pope Francis has not been seen in public since entering hospital, his longest such absence since his papacy started nearly 12 ...

A group of faithful gathered under the statue of John Paul II at Gemelli hospital on Sunday afternoon to pray for Pope ...

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

In his absence, the Vatican’s day-to-day operations continued alongside celebrations of its Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century Jubilee that brings millions of pilgrims to Rome. On Sunday, ...