COMMENTARY: However, vigils for popes, like the current one for Pope Francis, have been the exception, not the rule.

On February 24, prayers for Pope Francis continued at Gemelli Hospital, where the Holy Father remains hospitalized. In the St ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis remains in critical condition and blood tests show early kidney failure but he remains alert and “well-oriented.” Prayers for him poured in from around the ...

“This was always my bulletin board when I taught ... a live Nativity and the school also marks the month of October with a Living Rosary. “The whole school comes down. The Hail Marys are ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ condition remained “critical” the evening of Feb. 23, his doctors said, with blood tests ...

The Holy See Press Office released a new medical bulletin on Saturday evening stating that Pope Francis had experienced “an ...

Pope Francis was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on Friday, Feb. 14, to undergo testing and treatment for bronchitis, the ...

And school children from around Rome deluged the Gemelli hospital with get-well cards, while Italian bishops led rosary prayers and ... Earlier this month, once he was already sick, Francis ...

We get started by coming together to pray the rosary monthly outdoors at our beautiful Marian shrine starting Thursday, Feb. 13. Our weekly bulletin will begin featuring a reflection on the lives and ...

Across the globe, Catholics spent the day praying for Pope Francis as he continues to remain in critical condition at a Rome ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with the Vatican ...