South Florida churches hold Ash Wednesday services as Pope Francis remains hospitalized with double pneumonia.

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Pope Francis, who is in hospital with pneumonia, "rested well" overnight while wearing an oxygen mask, the Vatican said ...

ROME (TNND) — Vatican officials said Pope Francis is resting on this Ash Wednesday, the start of the solemn Lenten period.

Catholics across the U.S and around the globe prayed for Pope Francis at services marking Ash Wednesday, a day of fasting and abstinence for many Catholics and other Christian denominations. The pope ...

Pope Francis has no interest at all in resigning despite his ongoing health complications, even while his Cardinals are ...

As Pope Francis battles double pneumonia for nearly three weeks, talks about the 88-year-old pontiff’s death or resignation have grown more common. Full story: ...