The Vatican said Francis had slept well and eaten breakfast. A further medical update is expected later on Wednesday.

Jack O’Connell, a former Catholic priest and the retired CEO of the Health & Welfare Council of Long Island said of any ...

Vatican authorities said Monday that Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment. Here's what to know.

Pope Francis, 88, was hospitalized last Friday with bronchitis, the Vatican said, and now has a “polymicrobial infection of ...

Even while Pope Francis is hospitalized, he still keeps in touch with a Roman Catholic parish in Gaza City, making ...

Pope Francis has been known for his down-to-earth leadership, support of marginalized communities and interreligious dialogue.

and declared a Doctor of the Church in 1877. St. John Paul II later described him as “the Doctor of Divine Love.” His feast day is celebrated on January 24. “Francis de Sales reconciles ...

What exactly is their appeal? To me, it’s the physical closeness, especially with parts of a saint’s own body – what the Catholic Church calls “first class” relics, which can be as small ...

Maybe that is part of their charisma, suggests Volker Leppin in his biography Francis of Assisi: The Life of a Restless Saint ... at peace with the Catholic church of his day.

What a one for the ages movie scene this would have been: A meeting in the very early 1980s between Yves Saint Laurent, the undisputed (if oftentimes dissolute) king of Paris haute couture ...

A fire damaged a home in St. Francis early Monday morning, Jan. 27. It happened near Howard Avenue and Iowa Avenue. The occupants have reportedly found temporary housing. ST. FRANCIS ...

the Catholic Church would accept it. The ecumenical prayer service began with Pope Francis praying before the tomb of St. Paul. He was joined by Orthodox Metropolitan Polykarpos of Italy and Malta ...