On 31 January, Pope Francis departed from Rome to central Africa, to visit the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and its neighbouring state South Sudan. The visit was previously scheduled for ...

Pope Francis’ first stop before returning to Vatican City was to pray in the Roman Basilica of St. Mary Major, where he ...

Representatives of the South Sudanese government and of the opposition that has not signed the peace agreement have been ...

Pope Francis rested well overnight. The clinical picture is progressively improving and he is continuing his planned ...

Pope Francis was taken to a hospital in Rome after complaining of breathing difficulties, the Vatican said on Wednesday, ...

The Vatican said the 86-year-old pontiff was taken to a hospital in Rome, where he was being treated for a respiratory ...

Pope Francis is due to go to Congo from Jan. 31 to Feb. 3 and then spend two days in South Sudan. The pope has wanted to visit predominantly Christian South Sudan for years but plans were ...

U.S. military fighter aircraft shot down a suspected Chinese spy balloon as it floated off the coast of South Carolina on Saturday, drawing to a close a... Wildfires have consumed more than 750 ...

Pope Francis is expected to leave the hospital on Saturday after being treated for a respiratory infection and will later ...

(Reuters) - Pope Francis next week heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo and South Sudan, two countries grappling with conflict and profound poverty, in what will be his third visit to sub ...

Pope Francis's health is improving after he was hospitalised with a respiratory infection and he has resumed working while ...

Before departing, Francis hugged a couple whose daughter died Friday night at the hospital, the Vatican said Saturday.