Pope Francis is out of bed, eating and working at the hospital as cardinals cheer him on
If you really want him to rest, you have to hospitalize him,” quipped Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, the archbishop of Marseille ...
As Pope Francis shows improvement, cardinals express hope for recovery
Pope Francishas shown a "slight improvement", is alert and got out of bed to eat breakfast on Thursday, the Vatican said, as ...
Pope Francis health: How the papal funeral will be different this time
The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...
Italy PM Meloni visits Pope Francis in hospital, says he’s in good spirits as tests show slight improvement
Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis for 20 minutes in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was “alert and ...
Rome’s diocese calls for a silent prayer for Pope Francis
Rome’s diocese invited all the parishes and religious communities of the city to hold a communitarian silent prayer on ...
Vatican cancels pope’s weekend engagements as he battles ‘complex’ infection
All public events on the pope’s calendar were cancelled through Sunday, the Vatican said in a brief statement. Vatican ...
When the pope is sick, Italians always gossip about who comes next – even before ‘Conclave’
The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...