The first pope from the Americas, whose drive to modernize the Catholic Church divided opinion, has died in Rome aged 88.

VATICAN CITY, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Pope Francis said on Wednesday he was suffering from a "strong cold", and asked an aide to read his prepared message for his weekly general audience at the Vatican.

Dominican nun Lucia Caram says Pope Francis, who died in April 2025, left her money in his will specifically to purchase ambulances for her humanitarian missions in Ukraine. Caram talked about the ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis suffered two episodes of acute respiratory failure Monday, the Vatican said, a fresh setback in the worst health crisis of his papacy. The failures were prompted by ...