Pope Francis recovering in hospital after intestinal surgery

Pope Francis was spending his first morning convalescing on Monday in a Rome hospital following intestinal surgery. The Vatican has given scant ...

Vatican says pope operation over, pontiff doing well

Pope Francis is doing well following intestinal surgery, the Vatican said on Sunday after the 84-year-old pontiff was hospitalized for the first time ...

Pope backs appeal by Myanmar bishops to aid hungry, displaced by coup

Pope Francis threw his weight Sunday behind an appeal from bishops in Myanmar to the nation’s military leaders to allow aid to reach thousands of ...

Pope calls for reconciliation, healing over Canada school discovery

Pope Francis urges reconciliation, healing over Canada school discovery

Pope Francis said on Sunday that he was pained by the discovery of the remains of 215 children at a former Catholic school for indigenous students in ...

Erdogan urges Pope to help end Gaza conflict, impose sanctions on Israel

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday urged Pope Francis to help rally the world to adopt sanctions against Israel for its “massacre” of ...

US climate envoy Kerry wants pope to attend climate conference to sway public opinion

Pope Francis has the moral authority to sway public opinion over global warming and might attend the United Nations’ Climate Change Conference (COP26) ...

Pope urges IMF, World Bank to reduce debt burden of poor countries amid pandemic

Pope Francis has told world financial chiefs that poor countries hit by the economic impact of the coronavirus need to have their debt burden reduced ...

Pope Francis meets father of drowned Syrian boy Alan Kurdi in Iraq’s Erbil

Pope Francis on Sunday met the father of Alan Kurdi, the boy whose body washed up on a Turkish beach six years ago became an image of the suffering of ...

Pope Francis holds first public mass of Iraq trip in Baghdad's St. Joseph church

Pope Francis began delivering Saturday in Baghdad the first public mass of his Iraq trip to a spare gathering of faithful and officials due to ...

Watch: Pope Francis arrives in Baghdad on first papal visit to Iraq

Pope Francis landed in Baghdad on Friday for his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2013, saying he felt duty-bound to make the ...

Iraqi’s gather at a church in Baghdad in anticipation of Pope Francis’ arrival

Dozens of Christians gathered at the Church of the Virgin Mary in Baghdad hours before Pope Francis was due to land in Iraq for a first papal visit to ...

Pope Francis leaves Rome for four-day Iraq visit

Pope Francis left Rome on Friday to start a four-day trip to Iraq, his most risky foreign trip since his election in 2012 and the first visit by a ...

Vatican defends Pope’s Iraq visit, stadium mass amid rising COVID-19 cases

The Vatican is defending Pope Francis’ decision to go ahead with his trip to Iraq this weekend despite rising coronavirus infections there, saying ...

Pope Francis expects to die in Rome, not Argentina in final days: New book

Pope Francis expects to die in Rome, still the Catholic pontiff, without returning to spend his final days in his native Argentina, according to a new ...

World Jewish Congress hails Pope’s visit to holocaust survivor

The World Jewish Congress (WJC) on Sunday hailed Pope Francis’ “tremendous compassion” after he visited a Holocaust survivor in Rome, praising his ...

Pope says he is intent on making Iraq trip despite difficulties

Pope Francis said on Monday he is intent on making a trip to Iraq next month even if it means many Iraqi Christians won’t be able to see him in person ...

Coronavirus: The Vatican vaccinates homeless against COVID-19

The Holy See on Wednesday began vaccinating homeless people living near St. Peter’s Square, part of charity work for the needy within the Vatican ...

Pope to skip New Year celebrations because of back pain

Pope Francis is skipping New Year’s ceremonies due to what the Vatican says is a painful back condition, a spokesman said Thursday.Matteo Bruni said ...

US Election: Pope Francis offers blessings, congratulations to President-elect Biden

Pope Francis spoke with Joe Biden by telephone Thursday to offer “blessings and congratulations” to the US president-elect on his victory, the ...

Vatican plays down fears for former pope Benedict XVI’s health

The Vatican on Monday said former pope Benedict XVI was not in especially bad health after his biographer told a German newspaper he was “extremely ...

Retired pope Benedict XVI says St. John Paul II be called ‘the Great’

Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI has honored St. John Paul II on the centenary of his birth and floated the idea that he should be called “the Great,” as ...