Massimiliano Strappetti, 54 years old, is a key figure in Bergoglio's life. A true guardian angel who began his professional journey at the Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome. He later joined the Vatican ...

Pope Francis’ doctor found the pontiff with his eyes open and breathing normally, but unresponsive when he was called to the ...

Dr Alfieri was alerted at 5.30am on Monday by Francis’s health care assistant, Massimiliano Strappetti, that Francis had been stricken and needed to be taken to the hospital. The doctor told ...

The Holy Father is very sick. We have to go back to Gemelli,” Massimiliano Strappetti said, according to Alfieri. Fifteen minutes later, Alfieri arrived at Casa Santa Marta inside the Holy See.

Pope Francis’ doctor found the pontiff with his eyes open and breathing normally, but unresponsive when he was called to the Vatican early Monday morning, the Italian newspaper Corriere della ...