Pope Francis has approved a new three-year reform process for the Catholic Church, sending a strong signal he plans to continue in the post despite spending a month in hospital battling pneumonia ...

VATICAN CITY − The Vatican on Sunday released the first image of Pope Francis in the hospital since he began treatment for double pneumonia, in which the 88-year-old pontiff appeared to be ...

The Vatican has released the first photo of Pope Francis since he entered Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Feb. 14. “This morning, Pope Francis concelebrated Holy Mass in the chapel of the 10th-floor ...

The Vatican said the pontiff also did some work on Sunday. The Vatican press office released a photo of Pope Francis on Sunday in a private chapel of Rome's Gemelli Hospital, where he continues to ...

Pope Francis on Sunday expressed his gratitude for those who bring God’s love into the world through their dedicated service to those who are sick. “I would like to invite you, today, to join ...

The release of the photo a month into his treatment came after dozens of young people gathered under the pontiff’s windows to offer wishes for a quick recovery. By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting ...

VATICAN CITY — How’s Pope Francis doing? Can you give him my get-well wishes? Can I speak with him directly? The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number of ...

VATICAN CITY: The Vatican on Sunday (Mar 16) released the first image of Pope Francis in hospital since he began treatment for double pneumonia, in which the 88-year-old pontiff appeared to be ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of transition. By Elisabetta Povoledo and Jason Horowitz Reporting from ...

Italy is often thought of as a political laboratory, anticipating events in other countries: fascism in the 1920s; the showman-businessman turned politician in the 1990s; populism in the 2010s. Great ...

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