Pope Francis will undergo a medical procedure on his knee on Tuesday, according to Italian media reports. The 85-year-old pope said in an interview published on May 3 that he would undergo a small ...

Pope Francis’ remains will be transferred to the Vatican’s St Peter’s Basilica soon, where mourning visitors can bid farewell to the pontiff. The 88-year-old’s passing was announced yesterday morning, ...

(RNS) — After the funeral of his predecessor, Benedict XVI, the pope asked that the protocols for papal funerals be revised to evoke the idea of a pastor and bishop, not of a powerful ruler. VATICAN ...

Pope Francis is greeted by hospital staff July 11, 2021, as he sits in a wheelchair inside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, where he was hospitalized for intestinal surgery. (Vatican Media via ...

ROME -- Pope Francis suffered two new acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation, in another setback to his battle to fight pneumonia, the Vatican said.

WASHINGTON – The decision by the pope’s doctors to perform a tracheotomy – an incision in the neck directly into the trachea, or windpipe – is a strong indication that John Paul II’s condition is ...