"The time of Lent is a special time of almsgiving, when we share ourselves with others," Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, prefect ...

We have 82 volunteers and we are open all week long,” said Cardinal Krajewski, the pope’s charity point man, adding that each doctor has one or two on-calls in the clinic, and that the Lenten ...

Here are highlights of the longest hospital stay of Pope Francis' 12-year papacy, based on details provided by the Vatican.

Pope Francis returned to the Vatican Sunday morning ... At the Vatican, on the third Sunday of the Lenten season awaiting Easter, pilgrims flocked as they have all year to St.

(AP Photo/Antonello Nusca, file) In this Feb. 27, 2015 file photo, Pope Francis, left, talks to Cardinal Tarciso Bertone as they sit on a bus at the end of a week of Lenten spiritual retreat in ...

During his first foreign trip in 2013, Pope Francis made headlines when he carried his own black leather briefcase as he ...

The photo, showing Francis wearing a Lenten purple stole, followed an audio message the pope recorded March 6 in which he ...

Pope Francis is recovering well from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his pontificate would open, two of his closest ...

“We still need Pope Francis. I’d rather not think about what comes next…” one said. “Rather than engaging in media speculation, we should be told what it means for a pope to di ...

During Lent, Catholics are also encouraged to undertake some sort of personal penance or abstinence. Examples include giving up sweets, a favorite TV show or not listening to the radio in the car ...

Peter’s Square, an 'intense prayer' for Pope Francis’ health That evening ... Each morning, he follows the Curia’s Lenten spiritual exercises remotely from his hospital room.