Massimiliano Strappetti, a veteran Vatican nurse, has played a crucial role in managing Pope Francis’ health since 2022, when the pontiff appointed him as his personal health care assistant after ...

After five weeks of hospitalization with pneumonia, including moments where he came close to death, Pope Francis is back at home in the Vatican recovering. Now, the attention in the Vatican is on ...

Pope Francis waves from the balcony of the Gemelli hospital before returning home to the Vatican on Sunday (AP) Throughout his hospitalisation, the Vatican offered unusually detailed updates ...

The King and Queen had planned to see the Pope (Picture: Getty/Reuters) The King and Queen’s state visit to the Vatican has been postponed because the Pope needs further time to recover ...

The King and Queen's state visit to the Vatican has been postponed by mutual agreement as the Pope recovers from illness, Buckingham Palace said. The Pope, 88, arrived home to the Vatican on ...

European Editor at Large King Charles and Queen Camilla have postponed their planned visit to Pope Francis at the Vatican, following fresh concerns about the pontiff’s health. The decision came ...

At his own insistence, the pope returned home to Casa Santa Marta in Vatican City, where he must convalesce for at least two months as he continues treatment. Mr Alfieri told reporters on Saturday ...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis came so close to death at one point during his 38-day fight in hospital against pneumonia that his doctors considered ending treatment so he could die in peace, the ...

The Vatican on Tuesday launched new pastoral care guidelines for the protection and promotion of human life to mark the 30th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s encyclical letter Evangelium Vitae.

Massimiliano Strappetti, the nurse who is Pope Francis' primary medical caregiver at the Vatican, adjusts a microphone for the pope as he greets a crowd of well-wishers at Rome's Gemelli hospital ...

The King and Queen have postponed their state visit to the Vatican, after doctors said the Pope needed to rest following a recent illness. The visit to the Vatican was postponed by "mutual ...