As Catholics around the world pray for Pope Francis to recover from health ailments that have left the 88-year-old pontiff in ...

He was later diagnosed with a polymicrobial infection. Tuesday's statement also said that previous signs of mild renal ...

Renowned Korean War military chaplain and Kansas native Emil Joseph Kapaun was declared “venerable” by Pope Francis on ...

Canon law states that a pope can resign, but it stipulates that the papal resignation must be “made freely and properly ...

Children being treated at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital crafted numerous “get well” cards and drawings for Pope Francis as he received treatment at the hospital.

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Catholic Diocese of Wichita announced on Monday that Father Emil Kapaun has been named “venerable.

Our Lady, Undoer of Knots is a favorite Marian devotion of Pope Francis. Pope Francis has been devoted to you, and you have ...

ROME -- Pope Francis "rested well, all night long" in the hospital, Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday morning. Francis, 88, has been hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb ...

Father Leo Proxell at Holy Rosary in Bozeman says many people from southwest Montana and around the world have been keeping a ...

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

A "silent genocide" — mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994 — is occurring in eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, ...

The Vatican says that Pope Francis is showing signs of improvement, even though the Pontiff still remains in critical condition.