VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis personally thanked the health care workers and medical staff who cared for him in Rome's Gemelli hospital for 38 days while he recovered from respiratory infections.

During the meeting, the Holy Father particularly addressed Sacro Cuore Catholic University rector Elena Beccalli, saying: ...

Andrés Arango speaks at the Paul VI Audience Hall at the Vatican on April 3 during the Jubilee of Hope of the Catholic ...

Pope Francis received some of the physicians and staff from the Gemelli Hospital who treated him for pneumonia last month. A brief statement from the Holy See Press Office, said the Holy Father met ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday made his first public appearance since being discharged from the hospital, expressing gratitude to ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday gave his first public audience since spending 38 days in hospital in Rome fighting life-threatening ...

Pope Francis, 88, will visit Rome’s Regina Coeli prison “in a private way” on Holy Thursday afternoon if his health condition allows it.

“The Pope continues to improve from the motor, respiratory and voice points of view," the Holy See Press Office announced ...

The Vatican is opening the most solemn period of Holy Week with a recovering Pope Francis largely on the sidelines ...

A Vatican spokesman told journalists the pope had wanted to get some air and then decided to extend his time outside of his ...

A few months before he was hospitalized, Pope Francis sat in the grand Paul VI Audience Hall – a sweeping auditorium in the ...

By Deborah Castellano Lubov This Holy Week, Pope Francis has shown his gratitude to physicians and staff at Rome's Gemelli ...