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Pope Francis was reading and signing documents following a second “peaceful night” in hospital, a source said Thursday, a day after the Vatican announced the pontiff was showing “slight improvement.” ...

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

The city of Broken Bow said in a news release that the explosion occurred around 6:15 a.m. Friday, causing a "citywide power outage." ...

The 88-year-old pontiff, Pope Francis, is undergoing treatment at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he was admitted on February ...

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

Reports claim Vatican officials are rehearsing Pope Francis’ funeral amid his pneumonia battle, while the ailing pontiff ...

Pope Francis is continuing his recovery from pneumonia, eating breakfast out of bed on Thursday morning after a sixth ...

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

While Pope Francis battles pneumonia in hospital, work at the Vatican, headquarters of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church ...

Faithful from Bolivia pray for Pope Francis outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, 1825 ...