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 passed another peaceful night in hospital, "got up and had breakfast in his armchair", the Vatican said Thursday, the day after reporting a slight improvement in his condition.The 88-year ...

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

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

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis for 20 minutes in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was “alert and ...

Speculation over Pope Francis' final resting place has intensified following reports that the Vatican has begun rehearsing his funeral as concerns about his health mount. Unlike his predecessors, who ...

The “School of Arts and Crafts” of the Fabbrica di San Pietro is offering a free, six-month training course with a ...

The pope is susceptible to lung infections after he developed pleurisy as an adult and had part of a lung removed at age 21.

Tests confirmed the 88-year-old pontiff had developed pneumonia in both lungs in a further complication that raised concerns ...