The D.C. region is home to hundreds of thousands of people of the Catholic faith, many of them saying extra prayers for the church's leader, Pope Francis.

Pope Francis spends “a peaceful night” at Rome‘s Gemelli Hospital and has breakfast while sitting in an armchair on Thursday ...

A Mass of Healing for the Holy Father is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church, 3938 Poplar Level Road.

Pope Francis remains critically ill with double pneumonia but has shown slight signs of improvement, the Vatican said on ...

Pope Francis, 88, has been in critical condition since the weekend but showed improvement and resumed some work Monday, the Vatican said.

According to U.N. data, more than 12,600 civilians have died in the Russia-Ukraine conflict, including more than 2,400 ...

Christian hope is not optimism or wishful thinking. Hope is a theological virtue, essential to our faith, pointing us toward ...

The drama picked up Best Ensemble at the SAG Awards and follows the inner workings of the Vatican as it tries to pick a new ...

The Vatican has announced the start of nighttime prayers for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter’s Square.

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

This was the first time a special saying of the rosary was recited for the pope, Vatican officials said. Such a saying of the rosary is usually reserved for popes in grim conditions. The death of John ...