The Pope reached out, affectionately ran his fingers through my hair, then shook my hand, his handshake firm, hands warm. “Smile,” said the shutterbug who captured my father grinning, the Pope beaming ...

On Wednesday, the Vatican said Pope Francis “had a tranquil night, woke up and had breakfast,” saying he was in good spirits.

Pope Francis, the 88-year-old head of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church, is in hospital being treated for double ...

Cardinal William Goh urged young Catholics to discern their vocations not as career choices but as deep and compelling calls ...

Jack O’Connell, a former Catholic priest and the retired CEO of the Health & Welfare Council of Long Island said of any ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both his lungs, after new tests showed a further complication in the ...

Let us recall that it was in the encyclical Ut unum sint, dedicated to the ecumenical question, that St. John Paul II chose to address the issue of his ministry. If the pope holds any significance ...

Pope Francis, who was admitted to a hospital in Rome for bronchitis, is in “fair” condition with a “respiratory tract ...

As we pray for our sick, let us also pray for our sick earth. “God of all Creation, in Jesus, we pray for a spirit of wisdom stewarding our resources, our gifts of the earth and faithfulness to act in ...