COMMENTARY: However, vigils for popes, like the current one for Pope Francis, have been the exception, not the rule.

Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.

Catholics in Rome gathered to pray outside the hospital where Pope Francis is being treated and remains in a' critical' ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with ...

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

The Vatican says Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with ...

Though hospitalized in critical condition, Pope Francis was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of state to ...

The exhibit responds to Saint John Paul II’s call for greater understanding and devotion to the Shroud of Turin, which many ...

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