The new rules also allow for a pope to be buried in a church other than St. Peter’s ... Only cardinals under age 80 are eligible to vote. A two-thirds majority is needed to elect a new pope ...

AFP via Getty Images The pope has since returned to receiving a high-flow of oxygen via a small nasal hose under his nose ... has already missed a number of Church events, including a March ...

For more than two weeks, eyes have been on the Vatican, awaiting news about Pope Francis' health. The pope has been at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14, 2025, being treated for double pneumonia ...

America also reported that a Vatican source said Pope Francis is stable, but the prognosis is guarded, which means he's not ...

Cuba completed this week the agreed-upon release of 553 prisoners. However, it did not report how many were linked to the ...

The pope spent the morning in physiotherapy, followed Lenten spiritual exercises of the Roman curia and stopped to pray at the chapel in the Gemelli Hospital, where he has been under treatment for ...

Pope Francis approved a new three-year process to consider reforms for the global Catholic Church, the Vatican said on ...

The Vatican released the first photograph of Pope Francis on Sunday since his hospitalisation over a month ago, showing the ...