For much of the church’s history, the pope’s body was closely associated with the sanctity of his office, as the papal ...

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...

In a long post on X, the Ukrainian leader said that during the conversation with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, “I wished Pope Francis a speedy recovery and thanked him for his prayers and moral support for ...

"The Holy See has received a list of Ukrainians being held in Russian prisons and camps. We are counting on support for their ...

Pope Francis enters Gemelli Hospital in Rome with bronchitis. Feb. 17 — The pope’s care team determines he is suffering from ...

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Friday spoke with Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Pietro Parolin about Pope ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly ...

On the occasion of the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy, Pope Francis received hundreds of drawings, messages, ...

Pope Francis has begun his 28th consecutive day in hospital on the 12th anniversary of when he was elected pope in 2013 following five ballots in a papal conclave.

Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his papacy Thursday with increasingly positive medical updates four weeks into ...

"He's the church's spiritual director, leading us on a kind of a retreat, a journey of conversion," Austen Ivereigh concluded.

A chest X-ray confirmed improvements, the Vatican said Wednesday, just two days after doctors declared Francis is no longer ...