He implored the pope to avoid large groups and especially exposure to small children, for fear of new infection. During that time, he will take oral medications in the hopes of definitively curing ...

A New Bedford smoke shop accidentally lived up to its name early Wednesday morning when a fire inside the building caused a passerby to notice smoke billowing from the store. Around 2:20 a.m., the ...

Since reuniting in 2005, Chicago pop-punk band the Smoking Popes have been, to put it kindly, conservative with their album ...

Pope Francis was so close to death during his weeks-long hospital stint that doctors considered ending his pneumonia treatment so he could just die in peace, the head of his medical team revealed ...

"Hallelujah!” That's what countless Catholics exclaimed as Pope Francis left the hospital Sunday after more than a month fighting pneumonia. It's also the name of a new gelato flavor. Hallelujah ...

Constructed in 1996 as a place for cardinals to stay during a papal conclave to elect a new pope, Santa Marta is structured like a hotel, with guest rooms across five floors, a small cafeteria and a ...

ROME — Pope Francis was in stable condition Tuesday and breathing with just the help of supplemental oxygen after respiratory crises a day earlier, but will resume using a ventilation mask at ...

Yet the expectations of the papacy, and the way he has exercised his office as a visible and accessible pope, demand his public presence. Senior figures in the Vatican are talking now of a new ...

the Holy See announced Friday that Pope Francis had appointed Archbishop Giovanni Cesare Pagazzi as the new archivist and librarian of the Holy Roman Church. Pagazzi, elevated to archbishop of ...

I’ve written more about the new smoke alarm here. Google says the Nest Protect will continue to receive security updates and work as expected through its expiration dates (10 years from the date ...

Pope Francis continues to be in stable condition and has registered improvements in both breathing and speech, the Vatican said on March 28, the sixth day of the “at least two-month” period of ...