Francis offered a first public sign of how weak he is by recording an audio message that was broadcast in St Peter’s Square.

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Pastor Jimmy Odukoya of Fountain of Life Church in a trending video prayed for EPL side Manchester United before their exit ...

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ROME (AP) — Pope Francis continued to improve from double pneumonia Thursday, the Vatican said, working from his hospital ...

Rome (CNN) — Simona Pettinato is among those who have gathered near the Gemelli Hospital to show their support for Pope Francis. “Prayer moves mountains,” she declared outside the hospital, where ...

Before Cupich spoke, clergy and the Ukrainian community honored the dead with the Ukrainian memorial prayer ... Church and the Jewish, Muslim and Buddhist faiths. Oleg Pavlyuk drove to the service ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican Secretary of State, kneels in front of a reproduction of the mosaic of the Madonna della Colonna during a rosary vigil prayer held for the health of Pope Francis.