Pope Francis, who is in hospital with pneumonia in both lungs, had a "restful night" and got out of bed to eat breakfast in ...

The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis for 20 minutes in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was "alert and ...

The Vatican has canceled papal audiences through the weekend and delegated others to cover for Pope Francis as the ...

The pope is susceptible to lung infections after he developed pleurisy as an adult and had part of a lung removed at age 21.

Pope Francis' doctors ordered "complete rest" after the pontiff "slept well" for a second night at a hospital with treatment ...