VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private ...

Even during his five weeks in the hospital battling pneumonia that nearly killed him, Pope Francis has never been shy about showing weakness.

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...

Pope Francis was released home to the Vatican following a hospitalization in which he suffered two respiratory episodes that ...

The Rev. Enrico Bortolaso, who led a group of pilgrims from northern Veneto, offered prayers near a statue of Pope John Paul II outside of the hospital. He said they made Gemelli their first stop. “We ...

1. Pope Paul VI With his trip to Colombia in 1968, Blessed Pope Paul VI became the first Pontiff to visit Latin America. Although he was only in Bogota from the 22nd to the 25th of August on the ...

Feb. 21 A marble statue of late Pope John Paul II is backdropped by the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2025, where Pope Francis was hospitalized Friday, Feb. 14 ...

Faithfuls pray in front of the statue of Pope John Paul II at the entrance to the Gemelli Hospital, where Pope Francis is hospitalized, Rome, Italy, Mar. 3, 2025. Riccardo Antimiani/EPA-EFE ...