Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

Is the pope out of danger? No. Both doors are open. Is he at risk of immediate death? No. The therapy needs time to work,” ...

World: Francis, admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital with breathing difficulties, has slightly improved over the past couple ...

ROME | TASS | Pope Francis may resign like his predecessor Benedict XVI if he is unable to cope with his duties for health reasons, Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi said. However, Ravasi noted in an ...

Pope Francis, 88, will stay in the hospital “at least all next week,” his medical team announced, adding that he is “not out ...

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death.

Francis, who was admitted last Friday with breathing difficulties, has been slightly improving, allowing doctors to ...

Sergio Alfieri, one of the doctors for Pope Francis, said he is a “fragile” patient given his advanced age and chronic health ...

Pope Francis began a second week in hospital on Saturday, alert but still "not out of danger", as top cardinals sought to ...

Pope Francis (pictured), who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, is not yet out of danger but is expected to ...