Hundreds of “Missionaries of Mercy” — priests with the authority to “pardon sins reserved to the Holy See” —gathered in Rome on Sunday for a special Mass connected to the Jubilee of Hope.

Even during his five weeks in the hospital battling pneumonia that nearly killed him, Pope Francis has never been shy about showing weakness.

Before an empty and rain-covered St. Peter’s Square, Pope Francis held Eucharistic adoration and gave a blessing, praying for ...

Hallelujah!” That’s what countless Catholics exclaimed as Pope Francis left the hospital after more than a month fighting ...

Pope Francis made his first public appearance in Rome after being admitted to a hospital in mid-February with an acute ...

The pope's return home, after the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy and the second-longest in recent papal ...

Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican after he was hospitalized for five weeks with a life-threatening bout of ...

Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, his doctors have said, after 38 days battling a life-threatening ...

The 88-year-old pontiff has been battling double pneumonia in both lungs after he was admitted to the hospital​ on Feb. 14.

According to Vatican officials, Pope Francis was taking part in a Mass alongside fellow priests within the 10th-floor papal apartment at Rome's Gemelli hospital. Interestingly, no other ...

No one else is visible in the photo and it is the first mention the Vatican has made of the pope’s participation in celebrating Mass since his Feb. 14 hospitalization for a bout with chronic ...