Enter the Gregorian chants, when Pope Gregory realized that there needed to be consistency in the songs passed between monasteries and codified music so it could be easily transferred. Prior to the ...

Prevost is one of 137 special bishops able to vote to elect a new pope. And Cardinal Wilton Gregory, 77, the socially progressive archbishop of Washington, D.C., until retiring in January ...

President Donald Trump's policy of deporting undocumented immigrants en masse has drawn the ire of Pope Francis. The Pope, in a letter to American bishops, took aim at Trump's policy, but ...

Rome — The voice of Pope Francis was heard by the public on Thursday night for the first time since he was admitted to a hospital three weeks earlier. The message was recorded from the 88-year ...

Francis, 88, in hospital since February 14 with double pneumonia Thanks well-wishers in audio message Pope remained stable on Thursday, Vatican says Next medical update due on Saturday VATICAN ...

Pope Francis, speaking in a frail and breathless voice, thanked the faithful for their prayers in an audio message broadcast Thursday. It was his first public communication since being ...

The next medical bulletin won't be released until Saturday, the Vatican said. Pope Francis on Thursday made his first public comments since being hospitalized on Feb. 14, thanking the public for ...

Pope Francis thanked his supporters for their prayers on Thursday in a breathless audio message that nonetheless lifted spirits among his faithful as concerns grow for the 88-year-old pontiff’s ...

Now, with Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the continuing uncertainty over the pope’s health. The same is true for ...

LONDON (AP) — Friday marks three weeks since Pope Francis was hospitalized for bronchitis, which then led to double pneumonia. He was also treated for a complex lung infection and has suffered ...

Friday marks the pope's 22nd consecutive day in hospital. LONDON and ROME -- Pope Francis' "overall condition remains stable within his complex medical situation and the prognosis remains reserved ...

LONDON — Friday marks three weeks since Pope Francis was hospitalized for bronchitis, which then led to double pneumonia. He was also treated for a complex lung infection and has suffered ...