LONDON — Vatican authorities said Monday that Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment. Officials said the 88-year-old pope is suffering from a “polymicrobial respiratory tract infection,

The Vatican was "utterly let down" by an Italian financier over the Catholic Church's botched investment in a high-end London property, a judge ruled on Friday following a trial at which a senior aide to Pope Francis gave evidence.

LONDON — Vatican officials said late Tuesday that Pope Francis had developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating the pontiff’s recovery. The 88-year-old pope was hospitalized Friday after a weeklong bout of bronchitis worsened.

LONDON — Vatican authorities said Monday that Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment. Officials said the 88-year-old pope is

LONDON — Vatican authorities said Monday that Pope Francis has a complex infection in his respiratory system and will require more targeted drug treatment. Officials said the 88-year-old pope is suffering from a ''polymicrobial respiratory tract infection,

Pope Francis has reportedly created a new taskforce to urge Catholics to donate money as the church faces a funding crisis. The pontif has recently been seriously ill in hospital with kidney failure and double pneumonia. The team was signed off by the Pope on February 11 - three days before he was admitted to hospital.

Despite his hospitalization, the pope has maintained a degree of governance and authorized the appointment of four new bishops.

The slight renal insufficiency the pope had in recent days subsided and a CAT scan of the chest showed a normal evolution of the pulmonary inflammatory picture.

Cardinal Robert McElroy has criticized the removal of immunity for houses of worship from immigration enforcement, calling it a "deep moral question."

Nostradamus' prophecies are drawing attention with claims that he predicted the declining health of Pope Francis and the rise of a new leader. Amid Po

The pope, 88, has been in Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis's condition remains "critical but stable," Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday.