A Catholic priest rubs the sign of the cross with ashes on a worshipper's forehead on Ash Wednesday at St Francis Catholic ...

The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, has been stable for two ...

"The night passed quietly, the pope is still resting," the Vatican said Thursday as there's still no update on when he will be released from hospital.

Pope Francis was awake and resting Thursday after a peaceful night during his third week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia, the Vatican said.

Maria Johns receives ashes from the Rev. Mike Chenier during Ash Wednesday Mass at the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church ...