The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis increased his physical therapy with his condition remaining stable on Wednesday, marking the start ...

On Wednesday, Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, the Major Penitentiary, celebrated the traditional Mass beginning Lent at the ...

Ash Wednesday beings the Lenten season and some of our local neighbors are praying for Pope Francis and his health.

Pope Francis was resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia, ...

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis couldn't celebrate Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent outside the hospital.

The Argentine pontiff, head of the worldwide Catholic Church, has been in Rome's Gemelli hospital since February 14, ...

While Pope Francis remained hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash ...

He also missed celebrations Wednesday for the start of Lent, the season preceding Easter — the holiest period in the ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis celebrated the start of the lent religious season from his hospital suite on Wednesday, March 5 ...

Fr. Boniface Ugwo, marks the sign of the cross with the ash on the forehead of a worshiper on Ash Wednesday at St. Francis ...