Pope Francis greets and blesses the crowd in the Vatican square as he makes a touching appearance during Palm Sunday. The ...

The Pope will return to the Vatican today after five weeks in hospital being treated for double pneumonia. This period has marked the most serious health crisis of his 12-year papacy. Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis’ historic “Statio Orbis” blessing during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic remains relevant for the Church as it did five years ago. Before an empty and rain-covered St. Peter ...

After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at home in the Vatican recovering. Now, the attention in the Vatican is on ...

Pope Francis was admitted to the hospital in February and released five weeks later on Sunday, March 23 Kimberlee Speakman is a digital writer at PEOPLE. She has been working at PEOPLE since 2022 ...

Pope Francis came so close to death that doctors considered stopping his treatment during a respiratory crisis, one of his doctors said. Professor Sergio Alfieri, lead doctor at Rome's Gemelli ...

The pope’s doctors have said they came close to letting him die during his recent hospital stay. European Editor at Large King Charles and Queen Camilla have postponed their planned visit to ...

Samir Hussein/Pool/Getty; Vatican Media via Vatican Pool/Getty King Charles and Queen Camilla won't meet with Pope Francis as planned during their upcoming trip to Italy. On March 25, Buckingham ...

Pope Francis appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 23, 2025, where he has been treated for bronchitis and bilateral pneumonia since Feb. 14. (AP Photo ...

Pope Francis came so close to death at one point during his 38-day fight in hospital against pneumonia that his doctors considered ending treatment so he could die in peace, the head of the Pope's ...