The Vatican announced on Feb. 24 that cardinals in Rome would lead a nightly Rosary for Pope Francis with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin presiding over the inaugural gathering. The ...

The Polish prelate, who heads the Vatican's Dicastery for the Service of Charity, is the pope's point man for distributing ...

led Thursday night’s rosary. “We gather in prayer for the health of the Holy Father Francis with Mary, Mother of the Church and of Good Counsel,” he said in his opening prayer.

Before leading Tuesday evening’s recitation of rosary, held inside the Vatican’s Paul VI Audience Hall, Koch drew parallels ...

will gather in St. Peter’s Square at 9:00 PM to recite the Holy Rosary for the health of the Holy Father,” the statement said. The prayer is a moment “to show the closeness of the church to ...

March, the Holy See Press Office provided the following medical update on Pope Francis who has been receiving care at Rome's ...

Pope Francis remains so stable without respiratory crises that the Vatican's next update on his health will not come until Saturday.

Feb. 24 (UPI) --Pope Francis' doctors on Monday "are prudently maintaining their cautious prognosis" as the pontiff's condition "despite its severity has shown a slight improvement" in respiratory ...

‘Recently,’ said Card. Kikuchi, ‘the Holy Father sent a message and a rosary to Mr Hakamada through the Secretariat of State of the Holy See. I gave them to him today’. Hakamada - who is ...

Many Catholics recall similar vigils held in St. Peter’s Square when Pope John Paul II was hospitalized in the final days of his papacy in 2005. Today, as Pope Francis battles health concerns, the ...