Doctors decided to keep Pope Francis' prognosis guarded and indicated they needed 24 to 48 hours to evaluate how and if the ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

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

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was resting Saturday after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia: ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis suffered a coughing fit that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive ...

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

The Vatican press office has released a statement saying the pope had a peaceful evening of rest in hospital and is ...

Pope Francis suffered an isolated coughing fit on Friday that resulted in him inhaling vomit and requiring non-invasive ...

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

The Pope spent his 15th night at the Gemelli polyclinic. On Friday his condition worsened after an isolated bout of ...