Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

This decision was specifically approved by Pope Francis on Feb. 6, 2025,” stated an official communication released by the ...

Pope Francis has entered his fourth week in the hospital with double pneumonia, increasingly handing off his day-to-day ...

Pope Francis has hit the three-week mark in his hospitalization for double pneumonia. The 88-year-old Francis spent 20 ...

Pope Francis had “a restful night and woke up shortly after 8 a.m.,” the Vatican said on Friday morning, March 7. It was his ...

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For the faithful who have descended on Rome for an event that comes every 25 years, the absence of the pope has been ...

Pope Francis has been hospitalised with double pneumonia for three weeks, his longest absence from the papacy yet.

ROME -- A weak and breathless Pope Francis thanked people for their prayers for his recovery in a remarkable audio message broadcast Thursday, the first public sign of life from the 88-year-old pope ...

The 88-year-old’s prognosis remains uncertain but he expressed gratitude Wednesday in an audio message thanking well-wishers.

Pope Francis, 88, "remained stable compared to previous days" and did not have "episodes of respiratory insufficiency" on ...

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized in Rome, thousands of faithful from around the world have been gathering by St.