In the context of the Jubilee of Artists and Culture, on Monday 17 February, the Vatican hosted “Artisans of Hope,” a meeting ...

I do not like to speak about the health of the pope. It’s important to be discreet, not to run after rumors and fake news,” ...

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

In a morning update Thursday, the Vatican said he had spent a peaceful night in hospital, "got up and had breakfast in his armchair".

Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized since Feb. 14, apparently got out of bed for breakfast and is showing "slight improvement" in his medical tests, according to Vatican News.

Pope Francis' recent bout with pneumonia, which landed him in the hospital for the fourth time, fueled speculation in Rome.

Pope Francisis "slightly improving" and his blood analyses are stable, the Vatican said on Thursday, in the latest sign of ...

The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...