Anxious waiting mixed with disturbing medical jargon — anyone who has sat bedside with a loved one can relate.

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been ...

The Vatican reported Friday that he experienced sudden breathing problems that required “non-invasive mechanical ventilation” ...

Image A guest book for well wishes for Pope Francis inside the Church of Santa Maria Addolorata .Credit...Elisabetta Povoledo/The New York Times “It’s always been complex” to plan a trip to ...

“I believe Pope Francis will be known as one of the most ... a professor of theology at Fordham University in the Bronx, New York. Still, nearly a dozen years after the Pope's initial statement ...

People in Rome and the Vatican are relying on their faith as they cope with the daily anxiety waiting to hear about the ...

Pope Francis' respiratory infection also includes asthmatic bronchitis, requiring cortisone and antibiotic treatment.

Archbishop of New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said that the closing of Catholic schools in New York City amid a faith and ...

James Hill for The New York Times “I’m being told that there was some document prepared by Benedict on this issue,” Archbishop Gallagher said, referring to Francis’ predecessor ...

Across the city, New Yorkers are attending Sunday mass as Pope Francis continues to battle serious health issues. At Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Catholics are praying ...

associate professor of theology and religious studies at St. John’s University in New York, says that it was almost four years ago that Francis himself observed that the church had no provisions in ...