ROME -- Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old ...

If you really want him to rest, you have to hospitalize him,” quipped one cardinal about the notoriously active pope.

Pieter Brueghel the Elder’s masterpiece captures the folly of humanity’s desire to reach heaven on its own terms.

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Pope Francis’ medical condition has stabilized after nearly one week of medical treatment since being admitted into Rome’s ...