Mariah, the Shih Tzu's owner, said, "if I physically look at him, he will think I'm calling him to come into bed with me." ...

Despite this, the pontiff has kept in touch from his hospital bed with a parish in the Gaza Strip. Sometimes he reaches them by video call, according to the Vatican, and sometimes by text message.

Even while Pope Francis is hospitalized, he still keeps in touch with a Roman Catholic parish in Gaza City, making near-nightly phone calls to the... From his hospital bed, Pope Francis stays in ...