Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

Pope Francis was on the minds of everyone who came to mass at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in North Hollywood Sunday ...

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A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

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ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis was "resting" on Monday morning after spending his 10th night in the hospital, the Vatican ...

ROME — Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement and resumed some work activities ...

Catholics from across Argentina have flocked to churches to pray for the recovery of native son Pope Francis, the first Latin ...

The pontiff's condition is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease, according to doctors.

The pope has been hospitalized for over a week at Rome's Gemelli Hospital in critical condition for a respiratory infection.