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The Vatican said Francis, who was diagnosed with double pneumonia, suffered a breathing crisis and needed blood transfusions.

He created a 300-person Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant choir and orchestra. Then he took a break.

Opening up one's home is certainly not everyone’s favorite thing, but I think we can all agree we love the feeling when someone is hospitable toward us. Feeling invited and welcomed into someone’s ...

O sacred heart of Jesus, mercifully accept the prayer which I now make to you for help in the moment of my death, when at its approach all my senses shall fail me. When, therefore, O kind and ...

Archbishop Nelson Pérez, Major Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk, and other prelates led prayers during a service Feb. 16 prayer ...

President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump held their first public engagement together in a month as they hosted the ...

As the war in Ukraine reaches the tragic threshold of three years, OSV News is profiling Catholics who have become quiet ...

You expired, Jesus, but the source of life gushed forth for souls and the ocean of mercy opened up for the whole world. O Fountain of Life, unfathomable Divine Mercy, cover the whole world and ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required ...