Pietro Parolin serves as the Vatican's secretary of state and is the current favorite. He's served in the position for the ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis slept peacefully and ate breakfast after developing pneumonia in both his lungs.

Pope Francis, hospitalized with double pneumonia, has shown slight improvement according to recent blood tests. The ...

Pope Francis slept well, got out of bed and ate breakfast Wednesday, the Vatican said, after tests confirmed the 88-year-old ...

Pope Francis is alert and cheerful as he battles double pneumonia in hospital, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on ...

Italian Premier Giorgia Meloni visited Pope Francis in hospital on Wednesday and reported he was full of good humor following ...

Reflecting on the visit of the Magi to the child Jesus, the pope encouraged Christians to follow in the footsteps of these ...

The Pope reached out, affectionately ran his fingers through my hair, then shook my hand, his handshake firm, hands warm. “Smile,” said the shutterbug who captured my father grinning, the Pope beaming ...

Matteo Bruni, director of the Vatican press office, told reporters early Feb. 19 that the pope slept peacefully, woke up and ...

Pope Francis took a visitor from a world leader but had a "restful" night at a Rome hospital as he battles pneumonia, the ...