Pope Francis is resting after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask as he undergoes hospital treatment for ...

The Catholic Church opened the solemn Lenten season leading to Easter on Wednesday without the participation of Pope Francis, who is in the third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia.

The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Francis still had a long road ahead. Cardinal Angelo De Donatis, a Vatican official and former vicar of Rome, will ...

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Christian and Catholic holidays will be especially busy times to visit Rome, with papal masses at Easter expected to draw crowds of one to two million.

But the outlook is much better for the eastern Mediterranean, particularly Italy and Greece which will enjoy the driest and warmest weather over Easter. Rome and Palermo will both be hot and sunny ...

let us prepare our souls for the coming glory of the Easter miracle," the Trump's added. Meanwhile, the 88-year-old pontiff remains in a stable but "complex" condition at Rome's Gemelli hospital ...