Only four popes have visited the United States during their papacy, and Pope John Paul II was the only pontiff to visit ...

Students at St. John Paul II High School received their ashes and are dedicating themselves to prayer and Bible reading for Lent season.

The Polish prelate, who heads the Vatican's Dicastery for the Service of Charity, is the pope's point man for distributing ...

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

Pope Francis' condition remains "stable" in hospital with no further bouts of breathlessness, the Vatican said late on ...

The pope "rested well" and woke shortly after 8 a.m. Wednesday morning, his 20th day in the hospital, the Vatican said.

Pope Francis “rested well” during his 20th night in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital and “woke up after 8 a.m.,” the Vatican said at 8 ...

Pope Francis is resting after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask as he undergoes hospital treatment for ...

COMMENTARY: The coming of Lent suggests that the gift of one’s memory to God involves the constant purification of memory ...

After experiencing repeated bouts of respiratory insufficiency in recent days, Pope Francis spent the night without further ...

Old and young, healthy and sick, men and women, and even infants and infirm, were killed in cold blood. They were not ...

No. 4 Newman defeats No. 20 Pope John Paul II, 60-43 in the regional round of the Division III Select boys basketball ...