The recorded message from the 88-year-old Pope was broadcast at 9 p.m. local time and was the first message he has made since ...

Pope Francis is responding well to treatment for pneumonia after three weeks in hospital, the Vatican said Saturday, adding that the 88-year-old was showing "a gradual, slight improvement".

Pope Francis surprised the world on Thursday evening, and brought much joy and even tears to many people when he sent a brief audio message to ... I also thought of my parents….

Pope Francis is responding well to treatment for pneumonia after three weeks in hospital, the Vatican said Saturday, adding ...

On a recent weekend in this once deeply Catholic city, many expressed worry about Pope Francis, but there was ... as were their parents. “I’ve watched it evolve,” Mr. Dobies said after ...

Pope Francis’ recent messages have been especially edifying ... in which the meditations were led by those serving prison sentences, parents of a murdered child, a corrections officer, and ...

Francis has been doing bits of work when possible. Yesterday, Italian cardinal Pietro Parolin read aloud a message on the pope’s behalf ... goes to his or her parents’ house and they are ...

as well as letters from parents asking him to pray for their sick offspring. "Pope Francis is touched by the numerous messages of affection and closeness he continues to receive," the Vatican said ...

At 66, Metropolitan Emmanuel of Chalcedon released a new book, Free Children of God, on March 13. The right-hand man of ...

Pope Francis waves to the faithful as he holds ... a fast changing world as well as show compassion for single parents, remarried couples and homosexuals. “Pastors are to avoid judgements ...