had colon surgery and was hospitalized for a respiratory infection. Last year, he did not attend a summit in Dubai because of health problems. Still, the pope has been seen walking in recent weeks ...

Jakarta, Indonesia — Pope Francis appeared in good health and ... and most challenging trip of Francis' 11-year papacy. He has suffered health issues over the past few years and now uses a ...

Pope Francis has a packed day of meetings on his first full day in Indonesia on Wednesday, seeing political and religious ...

Pope Francis, who has often appeared to revel in confounding and surprising others, is at it again. Many times over the years, he has seemed to suggest he is slowing down, only to ramp up his ...

Francis, history’s first Latin American pope, has also had a special affinity for the work of Catholic missionaries. As a young Argentine Jesuit, he had hoped to serve as a missionary in Japan ...

Pope Francis has repeated his divisive comments that in some countries people prefer having pets to children, a message that has struck a chord with many conservatives around the world.

In more recent years he has also visited Bangladesh, Myanmar, Thailand and, last year, Mongolia. Pope Francis, flanked by his spokeperson Maeo Bruni, waves to journalists aboard his flight bound ...

Fighting climate change has been an important priority for the Argentine Jesuit pope, who has issued encyclicals insisting on the moral dimension of caring for God’s creation. The climate issue ...

Indonesia is the first stop on Francis’s 11-day tour of Asia-Pacific, a grueling physical test for the 87-year-old pope who has made reaching out to Asia a priority of his pontificate.

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Pope Francis has a packed day of ... At 87, he uses a wheelchair, has regular bouts of bronchitis and has had multiple surgeries for intestinal problems.

There, Francis met with the local Catholic community and the missionaries from his native Argentina who have been ministering to them. For an Argentine pope who marveled in 2013 at having been ...

At 87, he uses a wheelchair, has regular bouts of bronchitis and has had multiple ... and community organizations. “The pope’s visit has an important role to play in encouraging Indonesia ...