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 (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.

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.

Pope Francis repeated his previous critique that ... these families prefer to have a cat or a little dog instead of a child," the Catholic leader said to Indonesian President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo.

Francis, who is from Argentina and is history’s first Latin American pope, has long railed against multinational companies that exploit poor countries for their natural resources for their own ...

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 ...

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 ...

Your donation makes it possible for us to keep doing this important work, keeping you informed every step of the way to the November election Pope Francis has made a historic visit to the remote ...

Pope Francis has decided the next world Synod of Bishops at the Vatican, which will take place in October 2022, will have the theme: "For a synodal church: Communion, participation and mission." ...

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