Pope Francis made his first public appearance in five weeks, coming to the balcony of Rome’s Gemelli Hospital to wave and give a blessing to believers who had gathered below.

The tour from April 7 to 10 will include two state visits, to Rome and Ravenna in Italy, and to the Holy See in the Vatican.

The King and Queen's State Visits to the Holy See and Italy are set to take place as planned, "subject to Pope Francis' health", according to a Buckingham Palace spokesman. The King is understood ...

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The visit will see a symbolic building of links between the Roman Catholic ... And in what the Palace says is a "historic first", he will also visit the Papal Basilica of Saint Paul's Outside ...

A Buckingham Palace source said they had shared “our ... the government of the Roman Catholic Church, in the Vatican – the smallest independent state in the world. Charles will pass two ...

A palace source says it was their "hopes and ... will also visit the Papal Basilica of St. Paul’s Outside the Walls. “St. Paul’s Outside the Walls is recognized as the Papal Basilica where ...

Charles will pass two milestones, becoming the first British monarch to visit the Papal Basilica of St Paul Outside ... A Buckingham Palace spokesman said: "On Tuesday 8 April, and clearly subject ...