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 ...

Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, told reporters early Feb. 19 that the pope slept peacefully, woke up and ...

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

The condition, which entails pneumonia in both lungs, is potentially grave, according to health experts. Pope Francis, who ...

For three weeks in January, 25 seminarians and two leaders from The St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul traveled and prayed in the footsteps of the seminary’s patron saint in Greece and Turkey, experiencing ...

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

Tourists and residents alike expressed their well-wishes for Pope Francis's recovery, in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican and outside Agostino Gemelli University Policlinic in Rome where the pontiff ...

Pope Francis, who has been admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital for treatment of bronchitis since Friday, has been diagnosed ...