Pope Francis visited Rome's central prison Thursday and met with dozens of inmates as he kept an Easter season appointment to ...

Pope Francis met for nearly a half-hour with some 70 inmates at the Regina Coeli prison in Rome’s Trastevere neighborhood.

Pope Francis has long advocated for immigrants, refugees, and the vulnerable—but the Church, like other institutions, may ...

Although the pontiff has begun meeting with more people, he remains frail and will not lead important Easter events, the ...

The Pope was admitted to hospital on 14 February for a bout of bronchitis that developed into double pneumonia. It is a particularly serious condition for him as he had pleurisy as a young adult ...

The Vatican on Thursday opened the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines, ...

Pope Francis is the 266th Roman Pontiff of the Catholic Church. Formerly Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he was elected by the conclave of cardinals on March 13, 2013.

After a 'peaceful night,' pope is 'resting' The Vatican announced March 10 that Pope Francis had a “peaceful night and is resting.” The day before, he was unable to deliver the Angelus for the ...