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 ...

After Pope Francis suffered a setback on Friday, doctors said it would take 24 to 48 hours to determine whether the crisis ...

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

The Vatican said doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ventilation following a coughing fit in which he inhaled ...

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for just over two weeks fighting double pneumonia, had a peaceful night and was ...

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

Pope Francis suffered a "sudden worsening of his respiratory condition," after an "isolated attack of bronchospasm" which caused vomiting with inhalation, the Vatican said.

Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

The Vatican has not announced Pope Francis is resigning, contrary to online claims. Further, his successor would be elected by Cardinals, not Francis.

In an update, Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni confirmed that Francis has no fever and that his health indicators remain stable ...