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

Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is participating in the Vatican’s weeklong spiritual retreat from a Rome hospital as he continued ...

In a 2022 interview with Spain's ABC daily, Francis revealed that he had written a letter of resignation soon after he was ...

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 ...

"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, 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 ...

Hope, Francis said, quoting Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical Spe Salvi ... In 2016, she moved to Rome, Italy, where in her spare time she enjoys reading and going on adventures with her ...

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 ...