Pope Leo will revive a centuries-old tradition on Sunday by taking a holiday at Castel Gandolfo, where residents of the ...

For 400 years, most popes escaped the Roman summer in the hilltop town of Castel Gandolfo, Italy. Then Francis stopped going, ...

Two of Italy’s most powerful octogenarians, Pope Francis and Silvio Berlusconi, whose health conditions have in recent years kept the country in suspense, were both in the hospital on Friday.

Pope Francis’ photo is projected onto the Obelisk in Bueno Aires, Argentina on Feb. 23, 2025. AP “So given his age and his fragile state and his previous lung resection, this is very ...

Pope Francis is greeted by Gondoliers upon his arrival in Venice, Italy, Sunday, April 28, 2024. The Pontiff arrived for his first-ever visit to the lagoon town including the Vatican pavilion at ...

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis for 20 minutes in the hospital Wednesday and reported he was “alert and responsive” and full of good humor, despite his diagnosis of ...

Pope Francis delivers a speech next to Italy's Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni, May 12, 2023, during a two-day "General States of Birth" conference in Rome.

G7 leaders are meeting in Italy, where Pope Francis will join them to talk about the ethics of artificial intelligence. Politics Why G7 leaders are turning to a special guest — Pope Francis ...

Pope Francis to open Holy Door of St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City, symbolizing start of Jubilee By Ashley J. DiMella Fox News Published November 23, 2024 4:00am EST ...

ROME, Italy — Pope Francis was in stable condition on Saturday evening and receiving oxygen therapy, as the 88-year-old moves into a third week of battling pneumonia.

The next pontiff could come from Africa, Italy, or Sri Lanka — possibly even America — but it’s likely that whoever is elected to follow Pope Francis, who died Monday at age 88, will nudge ...

About 200 of the 266 men to hold the title of pope hailed from within the borders of Italy. Here is a look at others, like Pope Francis, who didn't.