The process of electing a new pope follows rules and rituals that have been followed, and sometimes tweaked, since the 13th ...

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Pope Francis, in hospital for double pneumonia, is improving slightly, has no fever, and his blood analyses are stable, the ...

Pope Francis is continuing his recovery from pneumonia. The Vatican said he got out of bed to eat breakfast Thursday morning ...

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis for 20 minutes in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was “alert and responsive” and full of good humor, despite his diagnosis of pneumonia and a ...

ROME (AP) — Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis in hospital Wednesday and reported he was “alert and ...

Updates on Francis’ condition, which was said to be stable on Wednesday, have typically been spare, leaving plenty of room ...

Pope Francis, despite a worrying bilateral pneumonia diagnosis, is breathing on his own and not experiencing heart problems, ...

Pope Francis, currently hospitalized with double pneumonia, remains in stable condition and has shown 'slight improvement' ...

The Pope reached out, affectionately ran his fingers through my hair, then shook my hand, his handshake firm, hands warm. “Smile,” said the shutterbug who captured my father grinning, the Pope beaming ...

Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, told reporters early Feb. 19 that the pope slept peacefully, woke up and ...