Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

A Vatican announcement on Feb. 25 that Blessed José Gregório Hernández will be canonized was received in South America – ...

Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia ROME -- ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is participating in the ...

Pope Francis has issued a message thanking volunteers for the “miracle of tenderness” they offer the sick as he continues his ...

Pope Francis issued a message thanking volunteers for the "miracle of tenderness" they offer the sick as he continues to recover from double pneumonia.

The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, has remained stable, with ...

With Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the ...

Venezuelan Catholics attended cheerful Masses and held processions on Feb. 26, the day after Pope Francis approved the canonization of Blessed José Gregorio Hernández, a 19th-c ...

Francis had suffered a bronchospasm that resulted in “an episode of vomiting with inhalation” on Friday, causing a sudden ...

With his canonization, José Gregorio Hernández not only becomes the first Venezuelan saint, but also a symbol of faith and ...