The death of a sitting pope initiates a profound period of mourning and transition within the Roman Catholic Church, marked ...

The announcement on Saturday evening indicated that Francis’ medical condition had become more complicated since an update ...

The Vatican statement said the Pope, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, was alert, but added that the ...

The Vatican reports that Pope Francis is in critical condition after experiencing a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis ...

The 88-year-old Francis, who has been hospitalised for a week with a complex lung infection, also received blood transfusions ...

Pope Francis was placed in “critical condition” on Saturday, the Vatican said, just four days after the religious leader contracted pneumonia. “The condition of the Holy Father continues to be ...

Pope Francis was admitted on Friday with a respiratory infection. The announcement on Monday did not provide further detail, ...

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Pope Francis is said to be in critical condition at a Rome hospital after suffering what the Vatican called a “prolonged ...

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the former head of the Vatican’s department of cultural affairs, raised the possibility of ...

The pope was admitted to hospital on February 14 where he is fighting a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia in both ...

He continues to be without fever and "his hemodynamic parameters continue to be stable," said an evening bulletin Feb. 20.