The Vatican has released the first photograph of the pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten ...

VATICAN CITY -- A weak and frail Pope Francis returned home ... He gave a weak sign of the cross before being wheeled back ...

Francis is well aware that anytime he has gone into the hospital, the plotting has begun for electing the next pope, ...

The Vatican on Sunday released the first photograph of pope in more than a month, showing Pope Francis wearing a purple Lenten liturgical vestments sitting in a wheelchair in front of an altar in the ...

On the night of March 12-13, 2013, just hours before Cardinal Jorge Bergolio would be elected pope, young adults were ...

Now in its 12th year, the Church’s “24 Hours for the Lord” Lenten initiative is believed to have been inspired by the ...

Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia spoke of the pope’s age and health during the Pontifical Academy for Life’s first Vatican ...

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The visit to the Vatican and Italy from April 7-10 was set to celebrate ... He gave a weak sign of the cross before being wheeled back inside. POPE HAD BEEN 'IN DANGER OF LOSING HIS LIFE' It ...