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

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

Cardinals today still have the chance to lobby behind closed doors for their favored candidate during a conclave. The divine ...

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

On the occasion of the Jubilee of Marian Spirituality, scheduled for Oct. 11–12, the original statue of Our Lady of Fátima ...

In the late Friday update, the Vatican said the 88-year-old suffered an “isolated crisis of bronchial spasm,” a coughing fit in which Francis inhaled vomit, that resulted in a “sudden worsening of the ...

Pope Francis, 88, has been hospitalized in Rome since February 14 due to a severe respiratory tract infection that led to ...

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Pope Francis had coffee and was reading newspapers Saturday after doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis's condition has worsened after a breathing crisis in hospital on Friday - two weeks after he ...

Servant of God Alcide De Gasperi was one of the promoters of the project for a united Europe, inspired by the values ​​of ...

Pope Francis reached the two-week mark in his recovery from pneumonia Friday as doctors suggested he had overcome the most critical phase of the infection but held out on declaring him out of danger ...