COMMENTARY: However, vigils for popes, like the current one for Pope Francis, have been the exception, not the rule.
Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...
Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.
Pope Francis remains under treatment for a “polymicrobial” respiratory infection at Gemelli Hospital in Rome. Nicknamed ...
The exhibit responds to Saint John Paul II’s call for greater understanding and devotion to the Shroud of Turin, which many ...
On Wednesday, the Vatican said Pope Francis “had a tranquil night, woke up and had breakfast,” saying he was in good spirits.
However, Vatican sources said that despite his illness ... Candles have been left at the bottom of a statue of Pope John Paul II outside the Gemelli hospital The pope has already cancelled ...
The Vatican’s secretary of state ... Erdo was made a cardinal in 2003 by Pope John Paul II. Luis Antonio Tagle serves as the pro-prefect for the Section of First Evangelization of the ...