Pope Francis has been back in the Vatican for just over a week, with at least seven more of recovery to go, all during which his doctors have ordered him to keep a loose schedule and a very much lightened work load.

The question, then, becomes: How will things work, with Francis not working [...]

The letter that Pope Francis addressed to the Italian newspaper Il Corriere della Sera on March 14 is the epitome of the pontificate.

When the newspaper published the letter on March 18, it was immediately apparent that the Pope could not have written it. There’s nothing wrong with that. Not all of the Pope’s [...]

The Holy See has denied that Pope Francis received Cardinal Gianfranco Ghirlanda in the first week of his hospitalization at Gemelli. The news spread very quickly and created a lot of turbulence. The fear was that Pope Francis intended to change the rules of the Conclave, as had been rumored for some time. Then, [...]

Pope Francis’s first “proof of life” since entering the hospital on 14 February came this past week, in the form of a recorded audio message played for the faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square on the evening of Thursday, 6 March, before the nightly Rosary for his health.

No photo of the Pope in [...]

As of this writing, Pope Francis is still in hospital. He’s had some ups and downs, and his prognosis is reserved, but the official reports have been saying he is at work as and when he can, and last week the Vatican even produced the receipts.

While Pope Francis was in the hospital, the [...]