There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to ...

Rome — The Vatican said Wednesday that Pope Francis had spent a peaceful night in a Rome hospital — his fifth after being admitted with a bout of bronchitis that has developed into pneumonia ...

Vatican City — Pope Francis remained in critical but stable condition Tuesday evening, with his blood parameters remaining stable as he works from the hospital while battling double pneumonia ...

Doctors are treating Pope Francis for a “polymicrobial infection” of his respiratory tract in what they are describing as a a “complex clinical situation” that will require the pontiff to ...

ROME — Doctors attending Pope Francis sought to reassure the world ... Alfieri continued: “The holy father, who has a brain superior to everyone here, knows that he’s in danger.