Pope Francis gave his first public comments since falling ill before his visit to Rome's Regina Caeli prison on Holy Thursday ...

The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, ...

Pope Francis is still recovering from double pneumonia, but the 88-year-old still met with faithful after the Palm Sunday ...

Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of ...

The Catholic Church starts its busiest week of the year on Sunday with the countdown to Easter, but Pope Francis remains out ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Pope Francis on Wednesday held an ... will preside over the Easter Sunday Mass. The audience at the Vatican on Wednesday included around 70 people ...

Marking another in a series of recent surprise public appearances, Pope Francis on Sunday briefly ... Unable to participate in the Palm Sunday Mass, the 88-year-old pontiff, still convalescing ...

Pope Francis made another surprise visit to St Peter's Square at the end of the Palm Sunday Mass, one day after making an unannounced visit to the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.

Pope Francis wished a "Happy Palm Sunday and Happy Holy Week" to the faithful gathered in Saint Peter's Square following the conclusion of a mass presided ... leading up to Easter Sunday.