Pope Francis is "out of danger from death" as of Monday evening, marking a significant improvement after weeks of hospitalization involving the head of the Roman Catholic Church. In a statement ...

The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the head of the Catholic Church and head of state. In order to govern both ...

7:36 a.m. March 10, 2025: This story was updated with new information on Pope Francis' condition ... which is an annual gathering that kicks off the Catholic Church’s solemn Lenten season ...

Even while in the hospital, Francis is very much still the pope and in charge of the Catholic Church. That was evident too by the fact that the Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin ...

head of the Catholic Church and its almost 1.4 billion followers since 2013. A man holds a rosary beads during a rosary prayer for Pope Francis' health in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican ...

The Pope’s illness has seen events over the weekend ... per the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops website. Pietro Parolin is the secretary of state for the Vatican (Reuters) As ...

Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, was elected pope on March 13, 2013, on the second day of the conclave, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

Anxious waiting mixed with disturbing medical jargon — anyone who has sat bedside with a loved one can relate. Around the country, clergy and laity have been praying for Pope Francis, who has ...

Pope Francis sent his condolences to Church ... while appealing to the international community for humanitarian assistance. Catholic communities in Myanmar were also affected by the quake.

"The night was quiet, the pope is resting," the Holy See said Sunday morning. Catholic worshippers pray during a prayer of the Rosary for Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican ...

She is a specialist in Catholic Social Teaching and was an expert facilitator at the two assemblies of the Synod on Synodality. On Holy Thursday, Pope Francis celebrates the traditional rite of ...

FRANKLIN TOWNSHIP — Not even Morris Catholic's opponents are immune to the star power. After the Crusaders dispatched Pope John, 66-34, in the NJSIAA Non-Public A North final on Monday night ...