The Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Francis, 88, is in critical condition after a long asthmatic respiratory crisis. The ...

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

A CT chest scan taken Tuesday evening showed the "normal evolution" of an infection as it is being treated. Blood tests have confirmed an improvement, according to the Vatican's update. The slight ...

Pope Francis has shown "further slight improvement" and earlier concerns over possible kidney failure have been resolved, the ...

By Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb, Hira Humayun and Lauren Kent(CNN) — Pope Francis is “sitting in an armchair today and continuing with his treatment” for pneumonia, a Vatican source said ...

Pope Francis has shown a "further, slight improvement" in his medical condition, the Vatican said on Wednesday, in a sign of ...

Pope Francis did some work while hospitalized as he recovers from early kidney failure and a battle with pneumonia, the ...

The combination of health issues has kept the Pope from performing his public duties, including weekly prayers on Sundays, ...

The latest Vatican statement shared on Wednesday morning said: "The Pope had a quiet night and is resting", 12 days after he ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Doctors said there has been a “slight improvement” in Pope Francis’ condition on Monday (Feb. 24) after ...

Pope Francis was well enough Tuesday to meet with his No. 2 to approve new decrees for possible saints, even while still hospitalized in critical but stable condition for double pneumonia and ...

Catholics in Ghana joined millions around the world in praying for Pope Francis's recovery after news went rife that his ...