A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

Church masses dedicated to Pope Francis in California ...

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

Pope Francis was on the minds of everyone who came to mass at St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church in North Hollywood Sunday ...

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

The pope has suffered from pneumonia in both lungs and experienced a “long asthmatic respiratory crisis” over the weekend.

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis was "resting" on Monday morning after spending his 10th night in the hospital, the Vatican ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis remains in critical condition but has showed slight improvement in laboratory tests.

A Mass of Healing for the Holy Father is scheduled for 10 a.m. at Holy Family Catholic Church, 3938 Poplar Level Road.

With Pope Francis' health in 'critical condition' and Trump's mass deportation escalation, the pontiff's message of mercy ...