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

Pope Francis has increased his level of physical therapy and remains in stable condition, the Vatican said on Wednesday night ...

The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis couldn't celebrate Ash Wednesday and the start of Lent outside the hospital.

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

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

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

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

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

Pope Francis is awake and resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double ...

ALLENTOWN, Pa. - Pope Francis is stable after suffering from two respiratory episodes this week. The 88-year-old Pope has chronic lung disease. This Ash Wednesday, millions of Catholics are lifting ...

Father Jim Curran, pastor of the Basilica of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Norfolk encourages parishioners and ...

Father Dan Merz says he remembers the day Pope Francis was elected in 2013. "He came out and the cardinal says 'We have a pope,' and the crowd just goes crazy," Merz said. Twelve years later on Ash ...