Pope Leo XIV arrived in the papal summer retreat of Castel Gandolfo on Sunday to start a six-week vacation, giving the ...

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

A relentless European heat wave helped fuel a deadly wildfire in Spain while the European Union presented plans to reduce ...

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 ...

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.