Pope Francis's condition was stable on Wednesday (Mar 5) as he neared three weeks in hospital battling pneumonia, a Vatican ...

Severe weather didn’t put a damper on the observance of Ash Wednesday, which is especially poignant this year as Pope Francis ...

Father Richard Gonzales of St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is urging the community to unite in prayer for Pope Francis ...

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

Catholics marked the start of Lent without Pope Francis on Wednesday. The 88-year-old spent his twentieth day in the hospital with double pneumonia.

Churches in the Rochester area are holding Ash Wednesday masses throughout the day March 5. Wednesday marks the first day of Lent, which is a 40 day season of prayer, fasting and almsgiving that ends ...

Pope Francis is still in the hospital as the church he leads marks the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday. The Vatican says ...

U.S. hostage affairs envoy Adam Boehler has the authority to talk directly with Hamas, the White House said when asked about the discussions, which broke with a decades-old policy against negotiating ...

As Pope Francis continues his recovery from illness, Catholics around the Ohio Valley, including at Franciscan University, ...

Former Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Thomas Tobin was back in Rhode Island to lead a mass for Ash Wednesday, and ...

From the soccer field to the seminary, Pope Francis’ life story is filled with surprising twists and turns. A selective life ...

Catholics in Chicago participated in Ash Wednesday, an important day especially as Pope Francis' health is in decline.