Speakers and attendees at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast on Friday prayed for Pope Francis amid his ongoing ailments and emphasized a message of hope.

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

U.S. Vice President JD Vance led attendees at the 2025 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in a prayer for Pope Francis’ ...

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to speculate about the election of a new pope while the current one is fighting ...

Amid ongoing health issues facing Pope Francis, here is the process by the Vatican when a pontiff passes away.

Pope Francis experienced an isolated bronchial spasm resulting in a temporary setback in his hospitalization treatment for ...

Vice President J.D. Vance acknowledged Pope Francis’ displeasure with the Trump administration’s immigration policy and led a ...

Pope Francis’ declining health in recent weeks has sparked renewed curiosity about Vatican traditions. The 88-year-old pope, ...

Vance praised Pope Francis for a 2020 sermon, delivered during the Covid pandemic, that brought him solace after he ...

The Vatican says the "criticality" of Pope Francis health condition "has subsided for the moment," but he's still ...

Vance sought to downplay the controversy and said he and his family pray daily for Pope Francis during the pontiff’s hospitalization.

Cardinal Robert McElroy has criticized the removal of immunity for houses of worship from immigration enforcement, calling it a "deep moral question." ...