The Vatican is opening the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines.

Frail Pope Francis takes back seat as Catholic Church marks Holy Week - The Pope's recovery is progressing, with reports ...

Although the pontiff has begun meeting with more people, he remains frail and will not lead important Easter events, the ...

Pope Francis may be on the mend, but as Easter nears, Catholic faithful are wondering how much of the celebrations the ...

The Argentinian pope is entering his fourth week of convalescence during which doctors have advised him to avoid crowds.

Pope Francis is still recovering from double pneumonia, but the 88-year-old still met with faithful after the Palm Sunday ...

A convalescing Pope Francis has greeted the crowd in St. Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a ...

Pope Francis’s encyclical, Laudato Si’, was published almost 10 years ago. This environmental text sought to move the ...

The pope, in a previously unannounced move, came out to the square shortly before noon at the end of the celebration of a ...

The 88-year-old Holy Father greeted approximately 70 men and women representing leadership and staff from the hospital.

Pope Francis made a surprise public appearance on Sunday, the first time the leader of the Catholic Church has been seen in ...

Following a lengthy hospital stay for a critical respiratory problem, Pope Francis greeted parishioners gathered for Sunday ...