The pope on Wednesday marked the start of Lent by receiving ashes on his forehead and by calling the parish priest in Gaza, ...

Pope Francis is resting after sleeping through the night with a ventilation mask as he undergoes hospital treatment for ...

The Vatican says that Pope Francis has suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises and has been put back on ...

Doctors said it would take a day or two to evaluate how and if the episode impacted Francis’ overall clinical condition. His ...

Pope Francis battles pneumonia amid resignation rumours, but Vatican updates suggest his condition is improving, although he ...

The Vatican said that Monday’s two crises were caused by a significant accumulation of mucus in his bronchial tubes.

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

After a scary setback in his recovery from double pneumonia, Pope Francis was drinking coffee and reading the newspaper Saturday morning. The fact that he was able to drink the beverage signaled ...

Pope Francis, 88, has been in Rome's Gemelli hospital for two weeks, after being admitted with a severe respiratory infection.

Vatican says crisis caused pope to vomit but he was given non-invasive mechanical ventilation and responded well.