Pope Francis made his first public appearance in five weeks on Sunday morning after battling a life-threatening case of ...

held a sign that said “Ciao Papa Cesco, I love you a lot.” Image Children on Sunday standing near the statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis ...

The pope's return home, after the longest hospitalization of his 12-year papacy and the second-longest in recent papal history, brought tangible relief to the Vatican and Catholic faithful who have ...

and “Papa Francesco” erupted from the crowd ... to Turkey at the end of May to participate in an important ecumenical anniversary. Only St. John Paul II recorded a longer hospitalization in 1981, when ...

Pope Francis will be discharged from Rome’s Gemelli hospital after more than five weeks of treatment following battle with pneumonia.

and "Papa Francesco" could be heard from the crowd ... The only other pope to experience such a lengthy hospital stay was St John Paul II who spent 55 days at Gemelli in 1981 for minor surgery ...

and "Papa Francesco" erupted from the crowd ... impacted the numbers of expected pilgrims arriving. Only St. John Paul II recorded a longer hospitalization in 1981, when he spent 55 days at ...