On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores ...

The Catholic community marked Ash Wednesday as Pope Francis remains hospitalized with double pneumonia. FOX 5 NY’s Sharon ...

Pope Francis' medical team has increased the pontiff's respiratory physiotherapy and active motor therapy as his doctors seek ...

While Pope Francis remained hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash ...

Francis, 88, was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on February 14 with a severe respiratory infection that developed into ...

The pope appeared to have a good day Tuesday, remaining stable during the day and suffering no episodes of respiratory failure or bronchospasm that have slowed his recovery in recent days, an earlier ...

Catholics in Chicago participated in Ash Wednesday, an important day especially as Pope Francis' health is in decline.

Wednesday is the first day of lent, and many people in western Massachusetts received ashes at their church in the morning.

The Holy Father's prognosis remains complex as he engages in Lenten traditions and Vatican duties during hospitalization.

In South Florida, Catholics attended mass at churches in greater numbers to commemorate Ash Wednesday, which marks the first ...

While many gathered today to receive ashes, a symbol of faith, worshippers in North Beach also lifted up special prayers for Pope Francis.

Pope Francis was resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia, ...