Indonesian Minister of Religious Affairs Nasaruddin Umar considers Pope Francis as an extraordinary friend of humanity.

For centuries, one of the biggest taboos at the Vatican was openly discussing the pope's health. As leader of the world's 1.4 ...

Pope Francis, who is in hospital with pneumonia in both lungs, is still in a critical condition but is stable and working ...

Pope Francis remains in “critical” condition at Rome’s Gemelli hospital. The 88-year-old, who has led the Catholic Church ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with ...

The Vatican also released Francis' message for Lent, which runs from March 5 to April 17. The message, dated Feb. 6, ...

Pope Francis was well enough Tuesday to meet with his No. 2 to approve new decrees for possible saints, even while still hospitalized in critical but stable condition for double pneumonia and ...

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.

Holy Hours are bring held in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital where Pope Francis is being treated as well as at other places ...

In a quiet chapel within Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, a doctor kneels before the Blessed Sacrament in his white coat. The ...

Pope Francis' "clinical condition remains critical but stable" and the "prognosis remains guarded," the Vatican's evening ...

Pope Francis continues to be in a serious but stable condition as he concludes his 12th day in Rome's Gemelli Hospital, the ...