Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny tells CBC News that Pope Francis had difficulty breathing during a visit three weeks ago before the pontiff was hospitalized and later diagnosed with pneumonia.

Cardinal Michael Czerny says Pope Francis has meant a great deal to the Catholic church — and to the world — as he served ...

Pope Francis’s appeal stems from his leadership on what the Catholic Church calls 'synodality,' said Canadian Cardinal ...

By Cindy Wooden, Catholic News Service While Pope Francis was hospitalized in Rome's Gemelli hospital, one of the cardinals ...

While Pope Francis was hospitalized in Rome's Gemelli hospital, one of the cardinals closest to him traveled to Lebanon to demonstrate the pope's ongoing concern for refugees and for peace in the ...

The Catholic Church has entered a year of sweeping changes in the Roman Curia and cardinalate both at the Vatican and around ...

Migration in the Americas was one of the conference's key topics because it is a fundamental pastoral need shared throughout ...

Pope's blood tests show 'slight improvement', Vatican says Francis, 88, will spend sixth night in hospital Pope has double ...

While Pope Francis battles pneumonia in hospital, work at the Vatican, headquarters of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church ...

On the first day of his visit to Lebanon, the Cardinal Prefect of the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development ...