COMMENTARY: However, vigils for popes, like the current one for Pope Francis, have been the exception, not the rule.

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

In the District, crowds have been gathering at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to pray for Pope Francis as he battles double pneumonia.

Pope Francis "rested well throughout the night" in the hospital, the Vatican says, and even met with Vatican officials to ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Nearly twelve years into his tenure, Pope Francis remains hospitalized in critical condition. This event is on the minds of many Catholics near and far, despite the papacy’s ...

Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

Pope Francis's condition remains "critical but stable," Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday."There have been ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with the Vatican ...

Eleven days after the pope was hospitalized, speculation is mounting and prayers for his recovery verge on a vigil.

Sister Maximilian Marie Garretson with Bishop Reicher High School took a group last month to Rome, Italy to see and interact ...

A man revered by millions as the “doctor of the poor” will be the first saint from Venezuela. Pope Francis approved a decree ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with ...