Pope Francis
UPDATED: Pope out of bed and working from hospital – Vatican statement
ROME, June 9 (Reuters) - Pope Francis is progressing with his post-operation recovery, the Vatican said on Friday, adding that he was…
UPDATED: Pope Francis spent peaceful night in hospital after surgery – Vatican
ROME, June 8 (Reuters) - Pope Francis was doing well on Thursday morning after his first night in hospital following abdominal surgery,…
Pope Francis and his long history of health problems
ROME, June 7 (Reuters) - Pope Francis was admitted to a Rome hospital for an operation on his abdomen on Wednesday, the…
UPDATED: Pope Francis to have abdominal surgery on Wednesday
VATICAN CITY, June 7 (Reuters) - Pope Francis will have surgery on his abdomen on Wednesday afternoon at Rome's Gemelli hospital, the…
Pope Francis to visit Mongolia at end of August
VATICAN CITY, June 3 (Reuters) - Pope Francis will make an Aug. 31-Sept. 4 trip to Mongolia, one of the most far-flung…
Pope pauses St Peter’s Square audience to take phone call
VATICAN CITY, May 17 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Wednesday interrupted his weekly audience with the faithful to take a phone call,…
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy expected to meet Pope on Saturday
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy is expected to meet Pope Francis in the Vatican on Saturday, diplomatic sources said,…
Pope urges countries to manage migrant waves, expand legal channels
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, May 11 (Reuters) - Pope Francis appealed to countries on Thursday to manage waves of migrants as…
Rare day at Vatican as two popes share stage
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, May 10 (Reuters) - It was a rare day at the Vatican on Wednesday as two popes…
Pope says Argentina government wanted ‘my head’ when he was in Buenos Aires
By Philip Pullella VATICAN CITY, May 9 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said that when he was archbishop of Buenos Aires more than…
Pope wants peace but we do not know of plan – Kremlin
Russia on Thursday reaffirmed that it knows nothing about a Vatican peace plan for Ukraine. "We know that the Pope is constantly…
Don’t shut door on foreigners, migrants, Pope Francis says in Hungary
BUDAPEST, April 30 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Sunday presided over a big outdoor Mass where he urged Hungarians not to close…