Pope Francis, who is spending his sixth day in hospital for treatment of a respiratory infection, is alert and ate breakfast ...

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

Asthmatic respiratory crisis indicates the pope struggled to maintain a sufficient oxygen level when breathing on his own, according to medical experts.

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A British court has largely backed the Vatican and refused to declare that a London-based financier acted in “good faith” in ...

A British court has largely backed the Vatican and refused to declare that a London-based financier acted in “good faith” in ...

The application of high-flow oxygen was needed because Francis sustained a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis, the ...

The beloved religious institution is now the Basilica of St. Edward, just as church officials begin to plan a centenary ...

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

Pope Francis experienced "an asthmatic respiratory crisis of prolonged magnitude, which also required the use of oxygen at high flows" Feb. 22, said the daily medical bulletin released by the Vatican.

Pope Francisis "slightly improving" and his blood analyses are stable, the Vatican said on Thursday, in the latest sign of ...

While Pope Francis battles pneumonia in hospital, work at the Vatican, headquarters of the 1.4 billion-member Catholic Church ...