Pope Francis' approach to LGBTQ issues marked a major, if mixed, shift in tone for the Catholic Church -- from scorn to ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

Pope Francis has suffered a serious setback in his two-week battle with double pneumonia. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The Vatican said Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in laboratory tests and ...

The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the ...

Pope Francis was in critical but stable condition Tuesday as he worked from the hospital while battling double pneumonia, and ...

Francis has weighed in publicly before on ethics for end-of-life medical situations, but it is unknown whether he has made ...

Pope Francis has transformed the church from an institution in which a few called the shots to a church of the people of God.

Pope Francis continues to recover from double pneumonia, with the Vatican no longer describing his condition as "critical" ...

Pope Francis “had a quiet night and is resting,” the Holy See Press Office informed journalists just after 8 a.m., Wednesday ...