The health conditions of two of Italy’s most prominent octogenarians have in recent years often kept the country in suspense.

Pope Francis continues his recovery in hospital following an operation. Barbie Nadeau reports from Rome that children in the Gemelli Hospital have sent the Pontiff get-well cards.

At the recommendation of his doctors, Pope Francis will not pray the Sunday Angelus in public, the Vatican said Saturday. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said at a press conference June 10 the pope would pray the Angelus in private at 12:00 p.

Silvio Berlusconi, the former Italian prime minister, has been admitted to a hospital in Milan, his spokesman has told CNN.

Italy’s former Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was re-admitted to hospital on Friday for a scheduled medical checkup, just weeks after being discharged following a long stay. Berlusconi, 86, left San Raffaele Hospital last month after six weeks of treatment for a lung infection linked to a chronic myelomonocytic leukaemia,

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was re-admitted to hospital in Milan for a scheduled medical checkup on Friday, just weeks after being discharged following a long stay.

Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has been readmitted to a hospital in Milan, four sources said on Friday, just weeks after being discharged after a long stay. Two of the sources told Reuters that Berlusconi was taken to San Raffaele hospital for medical checks.