On a recent weekend in this once deeply Catholic city, many expressed worry about Pope Francis, but there was also an air of ...

The Vatican said Francis, 88, who has been hospitalized for pneumonia, was responding well to treatment and that it was too ...

Pope Francis is recovering today after suffering a "sudden worsening of his respiratory condition," the Vatican said.

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for two weeks with double pneumonia, is in a "stable" condition, with no repeat of the previous day's breathing crisis, the Vatican said Saturday.

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

Vatican journalists crowded into the Holy See Press Office on Saturday to get an update on the pontiff's health after taking a turn for the worse.

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Pope Francis had a calm night with no more crises after suffering a bronchial crisis that prompted a sudden worsening of his health, the Vatican said in a short update on Saturday morning. The pope ...

The 88-year-old pope who has been hospitalized in Rome since February 14, did not have any further respiratory crises overnight but it would take a couple of days to make the latest assessment of his ...

Pope Francis' health has improved, Vatican sources indicated to CBS News on Friday, saying he was not currently in critical ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...