The 88-year-old Pope paused to pray before the venerated icon of the Virgin Mary known as Salus Populi Romani, according to a ...

Appearing publicly in street clothes for the first time as pontiff, Pope Francis went into St. Peter’s Basilica to pray and greet the faithful.

Pope Francis' surprise visit to St. Peter's Basilica to pray and see ongoing restoration work is a clear sign that his ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ... also if not up to full physical strength,” Paglia said. He added that it was an important lesson also for young people “who should understand that they too are fragile, ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ frailty was on full view as he ... the pontiff urged the faithful to experience the Lenten period leading up to Easter “as a period of healing.” ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia ...