After giving the speech over to an aide during the homily, the Pope resumed reading for the shorter Angelus prayer. Francis, ...

Pope Francis, 88, who has been suffering from bronchitis, asked aide to read out his speech during a Mass at Vatican on ...

Pope Francis said on Wednesday he was still suffering from a bout of bronchitis and asked an aide to read prepared remarks ...

A breathless Pope Francis asked a priest on Wednesday to read out his speech during the weekly audience, saying lingering bronchitis meant he was unable to do it himself. "Let me ask the priest to ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis told ambassadors accredited to the Holy See on Thursday that he wasn’t up to delivering his annual foreign policy speech and asked an aide to deliver it instead.

However, during his last two Wednesday general audiences at the Vatican, Pope Francis asked an aide to read his prepared remarks. "Me, with my bronchitis, I cannot (read) still," the Pope said on ...

Pope Francis thanked everyone who is praying for his recovery and asked people to pray for all the health care professionals ...

Pope Francis has undergone tests and begun treatment for a respiratory tract infection, after being hospitalized in Rome.

Pope Francis often uses walker, cane, or wheelchair in public and has recently suffered falls, injuring his arm and chin.

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis’ aide leans down to pick up the the handle of the Pope’s walking stick after it snapped as ...