Pope Francis was back making jokes following an abdominal operation that went off without any complications, the surgeon in ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis has been admitted to a Rome hospital for abdominal surgery after developing a hernia linked to ...

Pope Francis has been admitted to the hospital for surgery to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall. It was the latest malady ...

Pope Francis has emerged from three hours of abdominal surgery without complications, the Vatican says.

Its sheer size suggests the wisdom — although probably the futility, too — of Pope Francis’s plea that his apostolic exhortation “on love in the family” be read “patiently and ...

Pope Francis has had three hospitalizations since he was elected pope in 2013, and underwent major surgery as a young man to ...

Mario Jose Francisco Bergoglio (R), the pope’s father, had come to Argentina from Italy’s Piedmont region with his parents and five siblings in 1928 The pope, Barbaro said, is a “Peronist ...

Pope Francis raised some eyebrows while discussing sex abusers, whom he labeled “children of God” who deserve love and “pastoral care” — as well revolting “enemies” who must be punished.

Pope Francis last week told editors of the European cultural magazines of the Society of Jesus that, in his opinion, World War III had been declared, it was reported Tuesday by La Civilta Cattolica.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was admitted to the hospital for surgery Wednesday to repair a hernia in his intestine, the latest malady to befall the 86-year-old pontiff who had part of his colon removed ...

Pope Francis underwent surgery Wednesday to repair a hernia in his abdominal wall, the latest malady to befall the 86-year-old pontiff who had part of his colon removed two years ago. The Vatican said ...