HALLELUJAH GELATO – The day before the European Day of the artisanal ice cream, pilgrims and tourists are offered free jubilee-inspired Hallelujah ice cream as they arrive at the Vatican, Sunday, March 23, 2025. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia) ROME (AP) — "Hallelujah!" That's what...
VATICAN CITY (AP) — A frail Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday after a five-week hospitalization for life-threatening double pneumonia, and he made a surprise stop at his favorite basilica on the way home before beginning two months of prescribed rest and recovery. Pope Francis waves...
Archbishop Bernardito Auza, the new apostolic nuncio to the European Union. (Screenshot/Diocese of Surigao/CBCP) Pope Francis has appointed a native of Bohol as the new Apostolic Nuncio to the European Union (EU). On its website, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines (CBCP)...
Pope Francis (AP/File) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis said in a letter published Tuesday that his lengthy illness has helped make "more lucid" to him the absurdity of war, as his top deputy rejected any suggestion of resignation and Buckingham Palace announced plans for an upcoming audience with...
This picture released by the Vatican Press Office shows Pope Francis concelebrating a mass inside his private chapel at the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome on Sunday, March 16, 2025. (Vatican Press Office, Via AP) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is registering new slight improvements in...
Britain's King Charles III waves as he arrives for a visit to University College Hospital Macmillan Cancer Centre in London, Tuesday, April 30, 2024. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File) LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is scheduled to have an audience with Pope Francis during a state visit next...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis continues his recovery from double pneumonia at Rome’s Gemelli hospital with the Vatican expected to issue the traditional Sunday Angelus prayer as a written text for the fifth straight week. The pope typically delivers the Angelus from a window overlooking St....
Pope Francis (AP/File) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ' recovery from double pneumonia continued Wednesday as a chest X-ray confirmed improvement, two days after doctors declared he's no longer in imminent danger of death. The latest medical bulletin said the pope's condition remained...
People pray next to the statue of Pope John Paul II, outside the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic, where the Pope Francis is being treated for pneumonia, in Rome, Monday, March 10, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ROME (AP) — Pope Francis woke up Tuesday to good news from his doctors: They...
Catholic nuns arrive for a prayer of the Rosary for Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square at The Vatican, Sunday, March 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) ROME (AP) — Doctors said Monday Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia that has kept him...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is responding well to the treatment for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement” in recent days, the Vatican said Saturday. But his doctors have decided to keep his prognosis as guarded, meaning that he’s not out of danger yet. Candles and...
ROME (AP) — Pope Francis hit the three-week mark Friday in his hospitalization for double pneumonia, in stable condition and resuming his therapies after giving the world a tangible indication of just how frail and sick he is. The Vatican said the 88-year-old pope had a good night’s rest and...
