1 day ago · Pope Francis wears a plaster and has a bruised, black left eye and a cut on his eyebrow as he talks to journalists during a press conference on board the flight to Rome, at the end of a five-day visit to Colombia, where he banged his head on his popemobile when it stopped short amid swarms of well-wishers and he lost his balance, having only ...

1 day ago · Rome — Pope Francis, who challenged deeply rooted norms and made it his mission to change the perception of the Catholic Church around the world, has died at the age of 88. The Vatican said ...

1 day ago · The pope's death comes one day after a frail but determined Francis greeted thousands in St. Peter's Square after Easter Mass in his open-air popemobile − and just weeks after an extended ...

1 day ago · What we know. Pope Francis, a reformer who rattled the Catholic Church's conservatives and inspired some progressives, has died after a series of health issues.The Argentina-born pontiff was 88 ...

1 day ago · Pope Francis was hospitalized for just over five weeks beginning in February 2025 to address what the Vatican initially said was a respiratory tract infection, for which he began receiving treatment.

1 day ago · Pope Francis, a voice for the poor who overcame fierce resistance to reshape the Catholic Church, died of a stroke and heart failure on Easter Monday at the age of 88, the Vatican announced.. The ...

1 day ago · Pope Francis passed away at 7:35 a.m. local time on Easter Monday, April 21, at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta, as confirmed by the Holy See Press Office. The 88-year-old ...

1 day ago · Pope's health in recent years. As a young man in his native Argentina, Francis had part of one lung removed. In the last few years of his life, Francis needed a wheelchair or a cane to get around ...

22 hours ago · Pope Francis was the first non-European pope in more than a millennium, and one of the most popular pontiffs in decades. The son of Italian immigrants, Jorge Bergoglio was born in Buenos Aires and ...

The pope (Latin: papa, from Ancient Greek: πάππας, romanized: páppas, lit. 'father') [2] [3] is the bishop of Rome and the visible head [a] of the worldwide Catholic Church. He is also known as the supreme pontiff, [b] Roman pontiff, [c] or sovereign pontiff.