Pope Leo XIV is starting a six-week vacation this weekend at the papal summer retreat south of Rome.

Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his pontificate will open after he is released.

In Mexico's Culiacan, a city of 1 million residents, an elementary school principal starts each day checking for shootouts before deciding whether to cancel classes.

Doctors have prescribed a wheelchair, cane and physical therapy to help heal Pope Francis’ bad knee.