Pope Francis, 88, "remained stable compared to previous days" and did not have "episodes of respiratory insufficiency" on Thursday, his 21st day in the hospital, according to the Vatican. On Thursday ...

Pope Francis is resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

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

The No. 8 Xaverian boys hockey team won’t compete in the state semifinals for the first time in four years. Devin Gosciak ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

Catholics in Chicago participated in Ash Wednesday, an important day especially as Pope Francis' health is in decline.