Pope Francis

The Vatican on Wednesday, March 29, announced the cancellation of Thursday appointments for 86-year-old Pope Francis who is in a hospital in Rome for previously scheduled health checks.  Pope Francis who marked 10 years as head of the Catholic Church this month, had earlier appeared in good spirits at his…

Topline Pope Francis was hospitalized in Rome on Wednesday, and he will remain in care for several days to treat a pulmonary infection that caused him to have difficulty breathing, according to a statement put out by the Vatican. Pope Francis waves from the popemobile car as he leaves St.…

the holy un-see — Faux “puffy pontiff” AI image fools many in viral social media post. Benj Edwards - Mar 27, 2023 9:41 pm UTC Enlarge / An AI-generated photo of Pope Francis wearing a puffy white coat that went viral on social media. Over the weekend, an AI-generated image…

People online praised Pope Francis' style this weekend after images of him wearing trendy outerwear went viral. But the pictures of him in a white puffer jacket are actually fake. The AI-generated images of Francis appeared to originate on a subreddit dedicated to the AI program Midjourney on Friday and were…

In March, 2014, Pope Francis went to confession in St. Peter’s Basilica. A little more than a year after his election, he was leading a penitential service, which had been organized to encourage Catholics worldwide to fulfill their obligation to confess their sins (in the sacrament now called reconciliation) before…

Sitting in her family home in East Los Angeles, Rosa Manriquez kept her eyes on the TV screen as a flood of white smoke came pouring out of the roof of the Sistine Chapel 6,300 miles away — a century-old signal that the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church had…

It has been ten years since the election of Argentina's Jorge Mario Bergoglio as Pope Francis. In that decade he has accomplished a remarkable undertaking: launching a profound transformation of the 2,000-year-old Catholic Church. The very election of Pope Francis was a great novelty, for at least two reasons. First,…

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — When Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina became Pope Francis, much of his home country celebrated as if it had just won a soccer World Cup championship. A decade later, the first Latin American leader of the Catholic Church generates divided opinions and much less fervor. Francis, who…

Already have Rappler+? to listen to groundbreaking journalism. POPE'S HEALTH. Pope Francis leaves laughs with Bahrain's King Hamad bin Isa Al Khalifa, at the Sakhir Palace south of Manama, Bahrain, on November 3, 2022. Yara Nardi/Reuters Pope Francis alternates between using a cane and a wheelchair and he has continued…

FILE - Pope Francis holds the pastoral staff as he leaves after celebrating a Mass in St. Peter's Basilica, at the Vatican, to mark Epiphany, Jan. 6, 2014. Pope Francis celebrates the 10th anniversary of his election Monday, March 13, 2023, far outpacing the "two or three" years he once…