We should pray for the conversion of many people, in and outside of the Church, who still do not recognize the urgency of ...

Pope Leo XIV is praying for the world to recognize the urgency of the climate crisis and “hear the cry of the poor.” ...

BARCELONA, Spain — Europe’s continuing heat wave on Wednesday helped fuel a deadly wildfire in Spain while the European Union ...

On Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent, about a dozen cardinals in red biretta caps and shoulder capes walked in a procession among olive trees and umbrella pines along Rome’s Aventine Hill ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis, who has been struggling to overcome double pneumonia for almost three weeks, remained in stable condition throughout the day on March 5 and has not had any new ...

ROME - Pope Francis' condition "remained stable" on Wednesday, "without any episodes of respiratory insufficiency," according to a new update by the Vatican.

Big picture view: Lent begins with Ash Wednesday and leads up to Easter on April 20. A cardinal has been designated to take Francis’ place at Vatican celebrations.

It was the pope’s 20th day hospitalized. In Vatican City, at St. Peter’s Square, Cardinal Francis Prevost continued praying the rosary with the public for the pope’s health on Wednesday night.

VATICAN CITY — The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who was in the third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia. A ...