The announcement suggests the Holy See is optimistic the pontiff will be back at work, barring any setbacks in his recovery ...

The first picture of Pope Francis since his hospitalisation shows him in the chapel on the tenth floor of the Gemelli ...

Pope Francis has been pictured for the first time since he was hospitalised over a month ago. The Pontiff has been in ...

While Pope Francis previously announced plans to travel to Turkey, one possible obstacle to a universal agreement could be ...

By The Associated Press Today is Thursday, March 13, the 72nd day of 2025. There are 293 days left in the year. Today in ...

On March 13, 2013, Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina was elected pope, choosing the papal name Francis. He was the first pontiff ...

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Pope Francis is responding well to treatment and has shown a "gradual, slight improvement" in recent days, the Vatican said Saturday, as he remains in the hospital with double pneumonia. The 88 ...

Do the South American origins of Francis, the first non-European pope since Gregory III, in the 8 th century, influence his diplomacy? Yes, of course. This can be seen in his willingness to turn ...

Prevost is one of 137 special bishops able to vote to elect a new pope. And Cardinal Wilton Gregory, 77, the socially progressive archbishop of Washington, D.C., until retiring in January ...