Pope Francis will miss the Angelus prayer for the second consecutive Sunday as the 88-year-old Pontiff remains in the hospital undergoing treatment for pneumonia, the Vatican announced.

(CNN) — The Vatican says it is unclear how long Pope Francis will stay in hospital and he will not lead Sunday’s Angelus prayer after he was admitted on Friday with a respiratory tract infection.

The Vatican also released a message written by the pope for the midday recitation of the Angelus prayer, but did not say what day the pope wrote it. "I am confidently continuing my hospitalization," ...

Rome (CNN) — Pope Francis will remain in hospitalized following his pneumonia diagnosis and will not deliver the weekly Angelus prayer – for only the third time in his almost 12-year-long papacy.

Pope Francis spent a peaceful second night at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he remains under medical care for a respiratory infection, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni told journalists Sunday.

Though doctors ordered complete rest, the Holy Father prepared a special Angelus message focusing on art’s power to unite humanity and included prayers for regions torn by conflict.

he expressed gratitude to medical staff while marking the approaching third anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in a prepared Angelus message. “On my part, I am confidently continuing ...