Pope Francis entered his fourth week in hospital with double pneumonia on Saturday, increasingly handing off his day-to-day ...

In his absence, the Vatican’s day-to-day operations continued, with Cardinal Pietro Parolin celebrating Mass for an ...

A Vatican statement said doctors decided to keep Francis’s prognosis guarded, meaning he is not out of danger.

After more than three weeks in the hospital, the 88-year-old pope is responding well to treatment and has shown “gradual, ...

Pope Francis is continuing his recovery from double pneumonia as the Vatican’s Holy Year is proceeding without him.

In his 2024 memoir, “Life: My Story Through History,” Francis recounted how he first learned about Benedict’s resignation, ...

Over the weekend, the pope had needed oxygen support on Friday and Saturday, but had managed without it on Sunday, when he attended mass and alternated between ... including Italian Cardinal Pietro ...

For example, the secretariat of state, headed by Cardinal Pietro Parolin, oversees relations with other countries and international organizations. It also oversees the Vatican’s diplomatic corps.

Mass spectrometry is an analytical technique that uses an instrument called a mass spectrometer to measure the mass-to-charge ratios of molecular ions. Molecules fragment within the mass ...