Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni mourned Pope Francis on Monday as a friend who had given her comfort in tough times and done his duty to the end.
April 21, 2025
Following are some of the major events of the life and ministry of Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88.
April 21, 2025
The first pope from the Americas was born Jorge Mario Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Dec. 17, 1936
April 21, 2025
The death of a pope sets in motion a series of carefully orchestrated rites and rituals well before the conclave to elect his successor begins
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis had an informal, lighthearted speaking style
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis was the first pope from the Americas, the first Jesuit pontiff and the first to take the name of Francis, after St. Francis of Assisi
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis changed the Catholic Church’s teaching in areas such as the death penalty and nuclear weapons
April 21, 2025
Here is what happens next in the Roman Catholic Church following the death of Pope Francis, which was announced by the Vatican on Monday.
April 21, 2025
Here are some facts about Pope Francis, who has died at the age of 88. - Jorge Mario Bergoglio was born on December 17, 1936, in Buenos Aires, Argentina, of Italian immigrant
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis changed the face of the modern papacy more than any predecessor by shunning much of its pomp and privilege, but his attempts to make the
April 21, 2025
With the death of Pope Francis, announced by the Vatican on Monday, the Roman Catholic Church will begin elaborate rituals steeped in tradition that mark the
April 21, 2025
Pope Francis has emerged from his convalescence on Easter Sunday to bless people in St. Peter’s Square and treat them to a surprise popemobile romp through the square
April 20, 2025
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia
April 20, 2025
Pope wishes ‘Happy Easter’ to delighted crowds at Vatican after briefly meeting Vance
April 20, 2025
Pope Francis entered St.
April 20, 2025
Pope Francis held a private meeting at the Vatican on Sunday morning with U.S. Vice President JD Vance, the Vatican said in a statement.
April 20, 2025
U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met with the Vatican’s No. 2 official as they the sides spar over the U.S. crackdown on migrants
April 19, 2025
Vance, Vatican officials engage in ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants
April 19, 2025
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April 19, 2025
Eastern and Western churches will celebrate Easter on the same day this year, while marking 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea unified Christian doctrine
April 19, 2025
Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, did not attend an annual procession on Friday at Rome's Colosseum with thousands of Catholic faithful for the third year
April 18, 2025
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April 18, 2025
Pope Francis’ Easter is going to look a little different this year. Here’s how
April 18, 2025
Pope Francis has visited Rome’s main prison and kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate
April 17, 2025
Pope Francis, still recovering from double pneumonia, paid a surprise visit on Thursday to Rome's Regina Coeli, one of Italy's most overcrowded prisons, to
April 17, 2025
Pope Francis on Wednesday thanked members of the medical team who saved his life during a five-week hospital stay for a serious case of double pneumonia, speaking softly but
April 16, 2025
Vatican puts Sagrada Família architect on the path to sainthood
April 15, 2025
Pope Francis has approved the first step towards sainthood for Antoni Gaudi, the modernist architect behind Barcelona's "Sagrada Familia" basilica, the Vatican said on Monday.
April 14, 2025
A convalescing Pope Francis has greeted the crowd in St_ Peter’s Square on Palm Sunday, wishing more than 20,000 faithful a “Happy Palm Sunday, Happy Holy Week."
April 13, 2025
Pope Francis made a brief appearance in St.
April 13, 2025
Pope Francis, who is taking two months' rest as he recovers from double pneumonia, made an unannounced visit to St.
April 10, 2025
The Catholic Church starts its busiest week of the year on Sunday with the countdown to Easter, but Pope Francis remains out of public view after surviving
April 10, 2025
Pope Francis had a previously unannounced meeting at the Vatican on Wednesday afternoon with Britain's King Charles and Queen Camilla, during their state visit to Italy,
April 09, 2025
Pope Francis met privately with King Charles III and Queen Camilla at the Vatican during the royal couple’s four-day state visit to Italy and on the occasion of their 20th wedding anniversary
April 09, 2025
Reports of suspicious financial activity in the Vatican fell by a third in 2024, an internal watchdog report said on Wednesday, though 79 reports were still
April 09, 2025
King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla arrived in Italy on Monday for a four-day state visit during which the British monarch will address the Italian parliament in Rome.
April 07, 2025
King Charles III has arrived in Rome for a state visit to Italy, his first overseas trip since being briefly hospitalized for side effects of cancer treatment
April 07, 2025
Pope Francis has made a surprise entrance to St. Peter’s Square during a special Jubilee Mass for the sick and medical workers in his first public appearance at the Vatican since leaving the hospital
April 06, 2025
Pope Francis makes surprise public appearance after leaving hospital two weeks ago
April 06, 2025
Pope Francis made his first public appearance since being discharged from hospital two weeks ago after treatment for double pneumonia, entering St.
April 06, 2025
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April 04, 2025
The Vatican says Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private chapel
April 01, 2025
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March 31, 2025
Even during his five weeks in the hospital battling pneumonia that nearly killed him, Pope Francis has never been shy about showing weakness
March 30, 2025
The pope's doctor says Francis has shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a life-threatening bout with double-pneumonia
March 29, 2025
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March 28, 2025
Pope Francis made his first public appearance in more than five weeks at the hospital where he was being treated for double pneumonia. The pope’s hospitalization has been the 88-year-old's longest stay in Gemelli since his election 12 years ago.
March 25, 2025
Pope Francis is now recovering in the Vatican, but what’s next for his papacy?
March 26, 2025
King Charles and his wife Queen Camilla's state visit to the Vatican has been postponed because of medical advice that suggested Pope Francis would benefit from an extended period of
March 25, 2025
Pope Francis’ medical team briefly considered suspending treatment after a Feb. 28 breathing crisis but instead decided on an aggressive treatment course
March 25, 2025
Pope Francis came so close to death at one point during his 38-day fight in hospital against pneumonia that his doctors considered ending treatment so he
March 25, 2025
Pope Francis came so close to death that his medical team considered stopping treatment
March 25, 2025
In the impoverished Buenos Aires neighborhood of Villa 21-24, 68-year-old painter Heriberto Ayala still remembers how Pope Francis, then Jorge Mario Bergoglio,
March 24, 2025
After 38 days in hospital battling double pneumonia almost entirely out of sight, Pope Francis made his first public appearance on Sunday since February 14
March 24, 2025
Pope Francis will be discharged from hospital on Sunday and will need two months of rest at the Vatican, one of the doctors treating him said on Saturday.
March 22, 2025
A weak and frail Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican from the hospital after a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia
March 23, 2025
Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday after surviving a five-week battle in hospital against double pneumonia that became the most serious health
March 23, 2025
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March 23, 2025
Pope Francis appears frail as he’s discharged from hospital to continue recovery at Vatican
March 23, 2025
Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican after he was hospitalized for five weeks with a life-threatening bout of pneumonia
March 22, 2025
Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, his doctors have said, after 38 days battling a life-threatening case of pneumonia in both lungs
March 22, 2025
Pope Francis to be discharged from hospital on Sunday
March 22, 2025
Pope Francis, who has been battling pneumonia for more than five weeks, will be discharged from hospital on Sunday but will need a further two months of rest
March 22, 2025
Over 12 years, Francis has sought to normalize the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp while still wielding the awesome power of the papacy
March 22, 2025
Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his pontificate will open after he is released
March 21, 2025
Pope Francis is slowly regaining his strength in hospital but must "relearn to speak" after prolonged use of high-flow oxygen therapy, Cardinal Victor Manuel Fernandez said on Friday.
March 21, 2025
Pope Francis is no longer using mechanical ventilation for help breathing at night and his doctors believe he will continue to improve, the Vatican said on
March 19, 2025
The Italian postal service has seen a huge increase in mail addressed to Pope Francis since his Feb. 14 hospitalization
March 19, 2025
Pope Francis’s condition has continued to improve and he no longer needs to use noninvasive mechanical ventilation to help him breathe at night
March 19, 2025
Pope Francis says in a letter to an Italian newspaper that his lengthy illness has made clearer to him the absurdity of war and the power of words to shape the truth and facts
March 18, 2025
Britain's King Charles is still hoping to see Pope Francis during a state visit to the Vatican and Italy next month, a Buckingham Palace source said on Tuesday, more than a month
March 17, 2025
King Charles III is scheduled to have an audience with Pope Francis during a state visit next month to the Vatican, suggesting the Holy See is optimistic the pontiff will be back at work by then
March 17, 2025
Britain’s King Charles and Queen Camilla to visit Pope Francis next month
March 18, 2025
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