VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...

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

The Pan-Ukrainian Day of Prayer included a Mass for peace at St. John Lateran Basilica, presided over by Cardinal Baldassarre ...

The Pope was admitted to Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14 after struggling for several days with bronchitis. Over the weekend the ...

The 88-year-old pontiff is still receiving oxygen therapy through his nose, though at a slightly reduced flow and ...

Pope Francis’s health condition has shown slight improvement, according to the latest update from the Vatican. The Pope, who ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis experienced “an asthmatic respiratory crisis of prolonged magnitude, which also required ...

Colin Farrell won his first SAG award, for his performance in “The Penguin” and also became the first winner ever introduced, ...

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held his title for 12 years. What to know about the Jesuit.

Pope Francis remained in critical condition as the Vatican called senior church officials in Rome to a special saying of the ...

Pope Francis’ hospital stay is raising obvious questions about what happens if he loses consciousness for a prolonged period, ...

What we can’t see is eternal. And for those who trust in Jesus, not even death is eternal.