The head of Pope Francis' medical team says there was a crisis during the pontiff's battle with pneumonia so dire, they ...

As hundreds of Missionaries of Mercy gathered in Rome this weekend, Pope Francis commended their distinctive ministry of ...

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For the fourth Sunday in a row, the 88-year-old Francis didn’t appear for his weekly noon blessing, but he met with his top deputies and the Holy See distributed the text he would have delivered ...

"During the morning he also called Father Gabriel Romanelli, parish priest of the Holy Family in Gaza. In the afternoon he alternated rest with work," the Vatican said. Francis, who has led the ...

Francis "engaged in several work activities," Wednesday morning, including calling Father Gabriel Romanelli, the parish priest of the Holy Family Church in Gaza, a Vatican statement said.

The pope’s embrace of literature and history is a sharp contrast to some of his predecessors, a medievalist explains.

Audience postponed ‘by mutual agreement’ after doctors say pontiff needs extended period of rest after spell in hospital ...

Francis has sought to normalize the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp while still wielding the awesome ...

“It will certainly speed up his recovery.” At the Vatican, where a Holy Year is under way, pilgrims cheered and applauded when Francis' greeting from Gemelli was broadcast live on giant TV scr ...

They said they were discharging Francis after he registered two weeks of stability and increasing progress in his recovery. “The Holy Father would have wanted to go home a few days ago ...

ROME — Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday after 38 days battling a severe case of pneumonia in both ...