From the hushed prayers in a hospital chapel to the flickering candles outside Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis' ...

March 13, 2025, marks Francis' 12th anniversary as pope. He holds the ninth longest papacy of the past 200 years.

Pope Francis "had a tranquil night and woke shortly after 8 a.m.," the Vatican said, coming a day after he made his first ...

Image White smoke billowed from the Sistine Chapel after the College of Cardinals elected Francis as pope in 2013.Credit...Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images Inside the Vatican, the dean of the college ...

Pope Francis has suffered a serious setback in his two-week battle with double pneumonia. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

The Vatican press office on Saturday described “a good response to therapy” and a “gradual, slight improvement” since the ...

"The night was quiet, the pope was resting," the Holy See, the Vatican's press office, said in a brief statement on Sunday morning.

Pope Francis continued to improve from double pneumonia on Thursday, the Vatican reported, as he worked from his hospital ...

The pope has been informed of the "many initiatives to pray for him," and he remains in good spirits, the statement said.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis continued to improve from double pneumonia Thursday, the Vatican said, working from his hospital ...

Pope Francis, 88, is fully aware of his health limitations but is "passionate" about serving until his death, one expert says ...