Francis was elected on March 13, 2013 as the 266th pontiff — and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pope.

The Vatican announced on Wednesday, 12 March 2025 that Pope Francis remains stable in hospital, with a recent chest scan ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly ...

On the occasion of the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy, Pope Francis received hundreds of drawings, messages, ...

As he enters his 13th year as pope, Francis stands tall as the moral authority in today’s world, a voice pleading for ...

Health staff at Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Thursday celebrated Pope Francis with a cake and candles on the 28th day of his ...

"He's the church's spiritual director, leading us on a kind of a retreat, a journey of conversion," Austen Ivereigh concluded.

The latest medical bulletins from the Vatican on the 88-year-old's condition have said he is improving and is no longer in ...

Pope Francis marks 12 years as head of the Catholic Church on Thursday, seemingly out of danger after a month in hospital but ...