Pope Francis has entered his fourth week in the hospital with double pneumonia. Francis has increasingly handed off his ...

With Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the ...

Pope Francis has marked out a legacy that stands apart the ones of his two predecessors, John Paul II, and Benedict XVI.

For more than two weeks, eyes have been on the Vatican, awaiting news about Pope Francis' health. The pope has been at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14, 2025, being treated for double pneumonia ...

The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the ...

The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state ... When a pope dies – or resigns, like Benedict XVI did in 2013 – the governance ...

Pope Francis has spent 19 full days at Rome's Gemelli hospital, however, it doesn't come close to approaching the record-long ...

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, LC, president of the Governorate of Vatican City State and president ... della Chiesa", and "Benedetto XVI, a total Pope". Your monthly donation will help our ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis ... following the example set by his predecessor, German theologian Benedict XVI, who quit in 2013. Before his hospitalisation, Francis had repeatedly said it was ...

In a sense, Pope Francis has redefined what religion and spirituality mean for Catholicism. It’s not laying down and ...