Only four popes have visited the United States during their papacy, and Pope John Paul II was the only pontiff to visit ...

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

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St.

U.S. hostage affairs envoy Adam Boehler has the authority to talk directly with Hamas, the White House said when asked about the discussions, which broke with a decades-old policy against negotiating ...

At the Little Sisters of the Poor’s home for the elderly in Washington, D.C., Christy Lugo has the opportunity to attend ...

It's Ash Wednesday and a service at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, D.C. is taking place.

Powerful storms that killed two people in Mississippi and ripped roofs from buildings in a small Oklahoma town are charging ...

Across town is the Basilica di Santa Chiara, dedicated to St. Clare, who embraced radical poverty to imitate St. Francis. He ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy will lead the Ash Wednesday Mass at 12:10 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in ...

The pope's health was the prime focus of the Mass, celebrated by Cardinal Christophe Pierre, the Vatican nuncio to the United ...

Pope Francis was back on "noninvasive mechanical ventilation" after two episodes of acute respiratory failure Monday, the ...