Pope Francis: Key moments from his life
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, 2025Here 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, 2025With 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, 2025Pope 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, 2025U.S. Vice President JD Vance has met briefly with Pope Francis on Easter Sunday as the pontiff recovers from pneumonia
April 20, 2025Pope wishes ‘Happy Easter’ to delighted crowds at Vatican after briefly meeting Vance
April 20, 2025U.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, 2025Vance, Vatican officials engage in ‘exchange of opinions’ over migrants
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April 18, 2025Pope Francis’ Easter is going to look a little different this year. Here’s how
April 18, 2025Pope Francis has visited Rome’s main prison and kept an Easter season appointment to spend Holy Thursday among the least fortunate
April 17, 2025Pope 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, 2025Carlo Acutis, a British-born Italian boy who built websites to spread his faith, will be proclaimed the Catholic Church's first saint of the millennial
April 15, 2025Pope 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, 2025A 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, 2025Pope Francis made a brief appearance in St.
April 13, 2025Pope Francis, who is taking two months' rest as he recovers from double pneumonia, made an unannounced visit to St.
April 10, 2025Pope 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, 2025Pope 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, 2025Reports 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, 2025Pope 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, 2025Pope Francis makes surprise public appearance after leaving hospital two weeks ago
April 06, 2025Theodore McCarrick, former archbishop accused of sexual abuse, dies at 94
April 04, 2025Disgraced former Catholic Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has died
April 04, 2025The Vatican's Foreign Minister Archbishop Paul Gallagher held a phone call on Friday with Russian counterpart Sergey Lavrov to discuss the war in Ukraine and
April 04, 2025The Vatican says Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private chapel
April 01, 2025The 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, 2025Pope 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, 2025Pope Francis is now recovering in the Vatican, but what’s next for his papacy?
March 26, 2025Pope Francis’ medical team briefly considered suspending treatment after a Feb. 28 breathing crisis but instead decided on an aggressive treatment course
March 25, 2025Pope 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, 2025Pope Francis came so close to death that his medical team considered stopping treatment
March 25, 2025After 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, 2025Pope 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, 2025A 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, 2025Pope 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, 2025Pope Francis appears frail as he’s discharged from hospital to continue recovery at Vatican
March 23, 2025Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican after he was hospitalized for five weeks with a life-threatening bout of pneumonia
March 22, 2025Pope 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, 2025Pope Francis to be discharged from hospital on Sunday
March 22, 2025Pope 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, 2025Over 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, 2025Two 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, 2025Pope 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, 2025Britain'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
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