The Conversation U.S. asked Daniel Speed Thompson, a theologian at the University of Dayton, for some insight into Vatican City ... the pope has the highest authority in the church. He can ...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis was reported to be ... "Now I am here with the car with the idea that maybe if he needs to, I can drive him back." Pope Francis will on Thursday mark 12 years as ...

Serving as the 266th pope of the Catholic Church and the sovereign of Vatican City since 2013, he is currently in a "stable" condition while receiving treatment. Throughout his life, Pope Francis ...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis acknowledged ... like me," wrote the pope. "Our bodies are weak but, even like this, nothing can prevent us from loving, praying, giving ourselves, being for each ...

VATICAN CITY ... both lungs that can inflame and scar them, making it difficult to breathe. Francis, who will celebrate the 12th anniversary of his 2013 election as pope on Thursday, has ...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis is responding ... Even a thread of voice can give our heart and soul so much hope", he said. The pope continues to switch between an oxygen mask at night and a cannula ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — How’s Pope Francis doing? Can you give him my get-well wishes? Can I speak with him directly? The nuns who operate the Vatican’s switchboard are fielding a growing number ...

VATICAN CITY ... pope, while special services have been held in churches around the world. “We are praying for the pope, for his recovery and that he will soon be with us, safe and well, so he c ...

Vatican City: Pope Francis suffered two new breathing attacks ... Acute respiratory failure, which can be life-threatening, occurs when the lungs cannot pass enough oxygen into the blood, or ...

VATICAN CITY – Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized ... double pneumonia - a serious infection in both lungs that can inflame and scar them, making it difficult to breathe.