The death of a sitting pope initiates a profound period of mourning and transition within the Roman Catholic Church, marked ...
Pope Francis, 88, is facing a severe pneumonia-related health crisis, raising global concerns. The Vatican confirmed he is battling asthmatic bronchitis and a polymicrobial respiratory tract infection ...
Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the former head of the Vatican’s department of cultural affairs, raised the possibility of ...
He continues to be without fever and “his hemodynamic parameters continue to be stable,” said an evening bulletin Feb. 20.
The Vatican statement said the Pope, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, was alert, but added that the ...
Pope Francis, who is spending his fifth day in hospital, will not take part in this weekend's Holy Year events, the Vatican ...
Doctors say pneumonia in such a fragile, elderly patient makes him particularly prone to complications given the difficulty in being able to effectively expel fluid from his lungs ...