The Vatican released the first photograph of Pope Francis on Sunday since his hospitalization over a month ago, showing the ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it hard to speak publicly. His condition soon developed into double ...

Pope Francis acknowledged being fragile and "facing a period of trial", as he thanked well-wishers Sunday for prayers in a message from hospital, where he has been slowly recovering from pneumonia.

Pope Francis is registering new slight improvements in his monthlong treatment for double pneumonia, the Vatican said Monday, ...

Pope Francis concelebrated the Holy Mass in the ... About a dozen couples in street clothes danced the tango under grey skies in front of a throng of cameras near the hospital entrance.

ASSISI, Italy — As Pope Francis entered his third week in a hospital battling pneumonia, hundreds of pilgrims continued to ...

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pilgrims and even non-Catholics said they were offering special prayers for the hospitalized pope. "We are all sorry," said Raniero Mancinelli, who has tailored ceremonial clothing for Francis and ...

"This morning Pope Francis concelebrated the Holy Mass in ... About a dozen couples in street clothes danced the tango under grey skies in front of a throng of cameras near the hospital entrance.

used by the pope to seal documents, with a ceremonial hammer, to prevent forgeries. Francis has brought an unpretentious style to the church — rejecting elaborate outfits and the ornate papal ...