Pope Francis
Orchestra from Rio’s violent slum crosses Atlantic to play for pope
By Catarina Demony and Miguel Pereira LISBON, July 29 (Reuters) - Born in one of the most violent slums in Rio de…
Pope to visit Marseille on Sep 22-23
Pope Francis will visit Marseille on September 22-23, the Vatican said Saturday. Francis will be in the southern French port city and…
Pope tells transgender person: ‘God loves us as we are’
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis has told a young transgender person that "God loves us as we are", his latest outreach…
Pope Francis meets family of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange
VATICAN CITY, June 30 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Friday granted an audience to the wife of Julian Assange, the founder of…
Pope gives first general audience since surgery
Pope Francis gave a general audience in the Vatican on Wednesday, his first since undergoing abdominal surgery to repair a hernia earlier…
Pope skips speech, blaming breathing difficulties after surgery
VATICAN CITY, June 22 (Reuters) - Pope Francis skipped reading a planned speech at a conference on Thursday, saying he still had…
Kerry meets Pope Francis privately, says he’s in great form and spirits
VATICAN CITY, June 19 (Reuters) - U.S. climate envoy John Kerry met Pope Francis on Monday, the first official to have a…
UPDATED: Pope Francis leaves hospital ‘in better shape than before’
By Philip Pullella ROME, June 16 (Reuters) - Pope Francis was discharged from hospital on Friday morning, nine days after surgery to…
Pope post-operative recovery progressing normally
ROME, June 11 (Reuters) - Pope Francis's post-operative recovery is progressing normally, the Vatican said in statement on Sunday, adding the pope…
Pope Francis is recovering from hernia surgery. But what exactly is a hernia?
Pope Francis has had an operation this week to remove a hernia, which his surgeon said had been causing him increasingly frequent…
Pope recovering well from surgery but to skip Sunday blessing
VATICAN NEWS - The Holy See Press Office in its early afternoon health update on Saturday reported that the Pope's post-operative recovery…
Pope ‘progressively improving,’ off I.V. tubes, moving about
ROME (Reuters) - Pope Francis' overall condition is progressively improving and his post-surgical recovery is normal, allowing him to get out of…