Pope Francis suffered "two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency" March 3 but remained alert, the Vatican said, giving ...

Pope Francis has chosen "Migrants, missionaries of hope" as the theme for the Catholic Church's celebration of World Day of Migrants and Refugees, linking the world day to the Jubilee message of hope.

When Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, welcomed Lithuanian President Gitanas Nauseda to the Vatican March 3, Russia's war on Ukraine was a key topic on the age ...

A veteran officer of the Polish Army and member of World War II underground resistance Home Army, he voluntarily entered Auschwitz to gather intelligence and later escaped the death camp in 1943 to ...

Ukrainian bishops spoke up as international reaction continued over U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance's Feb. 28 televised White House clash with Ukraine's President ...

The Trump administration "immediately terminated" its contract with the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for refugee resettlement, effective Feb. 27, according to letters issued by the U.S. State ...

Pope Francis' extended hospitalization and care is a reminder that every human being, especially the frail or elderly, must be given proper care, said Archbishop Vincenzo Paglia, ...

As he continues to receive treatment in Rome's Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis sent written thanks for people's prayers, but he did not go to his hospital window as some people had hoped. Young people ...

Venezuelan Catholics attended cheerful Masses and held processions on Feb. 26, the day after Pope Francis approved the canonization of Blessed José Gregorio Hernández, a 19th-c ...

Pope Francis remained in stable condition and did not suffer another respiratory episode a day after having "an isolated crisis of bronchospasm" that worsened his previously improving medical ...

After experiencing progressive improvement the past few days, Pope Francis experienced "an isolated crisis of bronchospasm" ...

The introduction of physician-assisted suicide bills in both houses of the Illinois Legislature during this legislative ...