The release of the photo a month into his treatment came after dozens of young people gathered under the pontiff’s windows to ...

Dozens of children toting yellow and white balloons — many from war-torn countries — gathered outside Rome’s Gemelli hospital ...

The Italian postal service has seen a huge increase in mail addressed to Pope Francis since his Feb. 14 hospitalization ...

“Thank you, dearest children! The pope loves you and is always waiting ... lack of mobility and the loss of part of a lung as a young man. Still, they are issuing fewer medical bulletins as ...

he acknowledged the young well-wishers in his prepared Angelus prayer. "I know that many children are praying for me; some of them came here today to Gemelli as a sign of closeness," the Pope ...

They offered encouragement, wishing that the pope get well soon. One boy with a boisterous group of blue-and-yellow capped “castorini,” or beavers, as children too young to be Cub Scouts are ...