The 88-year-old leader of the Catholic Church is expected to remain in the hospital through at least all of next week. Doctors for Pope Francis say he is responding well to treatment but is not yet ...

Cardinals have set Pope Francis' funeral for Saturday in St. Peter's Square, and a public viewing from Wednesday in St. Peter ...

Pope Francis died at 88 of a stroke and irreversible heart failure, the Vatican said hours after announcing the pope's passing on the morning of April 21. He had fallen into a coma before his death ...

Right after his death on April 21, 2025, everything that had belonged to Pope Francis was packed, in a matter of a couple of hours, into several specially sealed boxes, under the careful supervision ...

Pope Francis waves to a crowd of well-wishers at Rome's Gemelli hospital before returning to the Vatican March 23, 2025, after 38 days of treatment at the hospital. Massimiliano Strappetti, a nurse ...