For the fourth Sunday in a row, the pope will not appear for his weekly noon blessing, though the Vatican planned to ...

Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican's spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia.

Francis, 88, remained hospitalized in Rome while the Vatican celebrated the Mass for the Jubilee of the World of Volunteers.

"The night was quiet, the pope was resting," the Holy See, the Vatican's press office, said in a brief statement on Sunday morning.

Despite his confinement to his hospital room, where he is being treated for double pneumonia, Pope Francis delivered two ...

In his prepared March 9 homily for the first Sunday of Lent, the Holy Father said difficulties and trials do not "end in ...

In his absence, the Vatican’s day-to-day operations continued, with Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrating Mass for an ...

Pope Francis issued a message Sunday thanking volunteers for the “miracle of tenderness” they offer the sick, as he continued ...