The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the ...

On Monday night the Vatican's No. 2 led the faithful in a somber night-time recitation of the Rosary prayer in St. Peter's ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, will lead a public recitation of the rosary at 9 p.m. Feb. 24 in St.

Pope Francis' doctors "are prudently maintaining their cautious prognosis" as the pontiff's condition of respiratory and ...

calling a parish in Gaza City that he's kept in touch with since the war there began. After night fell, thousands of faithful gathered in a rain-soaked, chilly St. Peter's Square for the first of ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition as the Vatican called senior church officials in Rome to a special saying of the ...

Hundreds gather in St Peter's Square for nightly prayer for Pope Francis. The Vatican reported the pope had seen 'slight improvements' as he entered his 12th day in hospital.

Pope Francis, currently in critical condition with pneumonia, shows slight improvement. He resumed work, including contacting a parish in Gaza City. Despite his guarded prognosis, spirits remain high ...

He has been able to call the parish in Gaza and also to do some work activities ... and there is obviously concern here in Rome and at the Vatican behind me in St. Peter's Square. There was *** prayer ...

On Monday night, he called the parish priest of Gaza "to express his paternal ... be a rosary for Francis' health Monday night in St. Peter's Square. "The Cardinals residing in Rome, along with ...

With Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the ...