Pope Leo XIV paid tribute to Pope Francis and thanked cardinals who elected him after two days of voting

Leo asked permission to offer the same blessing Francis used just a few weeks ago

Filipino Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle likes to be called by his nickname ‘Chito’

‘In that moment I knew there was nothing more to do. He was in a coma’

The pontiff has previously clashed with the U.S. Vice President over the Trump administration’s immigration policies

The mosaics will no longer be visible at one of the world’s most popular Catholic pilgrimage sites

He was so unwell doctors considered letting him die, but were persuaded to keep going

The 88-year-old pontiff was admitted to hospital five weeks ago

The move shows his 12-year papacy won’t be over any time soon

Just three days before his admission the Pope established a new commission aimed at boosting donations

The 88-year-old has now spent two weeks in hospital

Francis ‘wants the gravity of his condition made clear’

The Pope resumed work in the afternoon and in the evening made a call to the Catholic parish in Gaza

More information has been released on the health of the 88-year-old pontiff

Pope Francis urged political, economic and business leaders to keep close oversight of AI

The injury is the second in six weeks for the pontiff, who bruised his face in a fall in December

Pontiff says Church ‘governed using the head and the heart, not the legs’ as he discusses health problems in autobiography

The pope, 88, was present for the address to diplomates – but asked an aide to read it as he is recovering from a cold