The Eucharist is celebrated with blessings over bread and wine, symbolizing the body and blood of Christ, followed by a call to live out faith through good works and charity. Keywords Eucharist, ...

The pope is susceptible to lung infections after he developed pleurisy as an adult and had part of a lung removed at age 21.

Pope Francis had a "restful night" in a hospital and his bronchitis was improve, the Vatican said Saturday. Matteo Bruni, the director of the Holy See Press Office told journalists Francis, 88, "slept ...