The expatriate community is small but shares a special bond with Francis, who has been in the hospital since Feb. 14.

Pope Francis has entered his fourth week in the hospital with double pneumonia, increasingly handing off his day-to-day ...

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 ...

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

Pope Benedict XVI, stepped down as pope in 2013 due to age and ill health. Reverend Fernando Laguna, rector of the Argentine church in Rome, told AP outside the hospital: "I am very happy to be ...

"Resuming the Wednesday general audiences," he went on, "I wish to speak of the name I chose on becoming bishop of Rome and pastor of the universal Church. I chose to call myself Benedict XVI ...

Pope Benedict XVI designated May 24 ... the Hong Kong Diocese in the future,” Chow said. Courtney Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency. A graduate of Harvard University ...

Cardinal Angelo De Donatis replaced Pope Francis in Ash Wednesday celebrations. LONDON and ROME -- Pope Francis "remained stationary" on Wednesday, "without showing any episodes of respiratory ...

Friday marks the pope's 22nd consecutive day in hospital. LONDON and ROME -- Pope Francis' "overall condition remains stable within his complex medical situation and the prognosis remains reserved ...

LONDON and ROME -- Pope Francis "had a tranquil night and woke shortly after 8 a.m." on Friday morning, the Vatican said, coming a day after he made his first public comments since being ...