Argentines working in humble barrios, or neighborhoods, and the people they serve, prayed for the health of Pope Francis at one of the country’s most important Catholic shrines — a show of affection and support from a population that the Holy Father made a priority in his time as local archbishop.

Pope Francis spent the night without a breathing mask, the Vatican press office said March 18, indicating that his need for supplemental oxygen continues to diminish.

A painting of Christ being laid in the tomb, long hidden under layers of overpainting and forgotten by history, will once again be visible to the public in an upcoming exhibit at the Vatican.

A Catholic church in Kansas has been targeted in what that state’s bishops are calling a “hate crime.”

A heightened threat environment for Supreme Court justices comes amid a series of high-profile or controversial rulings by the nation’s highest court on topics including abortion, presidential immunity, the administrative state and gun policy.

People in the world of news and communications need to understand the full importance of words, Pope Francis wrote.

A midwife has been arrested and charged after Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton alleged she performed abortions illegal under that state’s law, marking the first criminal charges brought under its near-total abortion ban.

Britain’s King Charles III and Queen Camilla confirmed their plans to meet at the Vatican with Pope Francis in early April in an announcement March 18.

More than a dozen models of rosaries and teethers designed for young children are being recalled, following the identification of a potential choking hazard.

Pope Francis has been able to spend brief moments of the day without any supplemental oxygen, which is yet another sign of the gradual improvement in his condition, the Vatican press office said.