The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Francis had appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa and layman Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi to ...

Pope Francis was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of state to approve new decrees for possible saints and make ...

Pope Francis has approved the canonisation of two new saints from his hospital bed, the Vatican said Tuesday, as the ...

The 88-year-old was well enough to meet senior Vatican colleagues in hospital despite still being in critical condition with ...

Entrusting the pope "to the powerful intercession of most holy Mary," the cardinal said, "may she sustain him in this time of ...

Despite his hospital stay, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church. But what if his health continues to decline ...

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with the Vatican ...

Pope Francis "rested well throughout the night" in the hospital, the Vatican says, and even met with Vatican officials to ...