ROME (AP) — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican: Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was ...

Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital after his scheduled meetings Friday for tests and treatment of his ...

It is the latest issue with the 88-year-old pontiff’s health that has forced him to cancel his agenda until Monday at least.

Making the effort to use his own voice at the end of the audience, the pope earnestly pleaded with Catholics to “do our best” ...

The pope has closely followed the response of U.S. prelates to the president's attacks on migrants and he expects them to ...

"Please let's pray for peace, let's do penance for peace," he said during his general audience in the Paul VI Audience Hall Feb. 12, launching an appeal for Catholics to ask for a peaceful resolution ...

Pope Francis will be hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic at the end of Friday’s daily audiences to undergo some ...

Pope Francis slept well during a quiet first night in the hospital after being admitted with a respiratory tract infection, ...

Pope Francis is helped by his assistant Piergiorgio Zanetti as he arrives for his weekly general audience in the Paul VI Hall ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican released a partial schedule of Pope Francis’ liturgical celebrations in March and early ...

The Argentine pope was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened.