For centuries, one of the biggest taboos at the Vatican was openly discussing the pope's health. As leader of the world's 1.4 ...

Doctors said he remained in critical condition with double pneumonia but reported a “slight improvement” in some laboratory ...

The Argentine, who underwent the removal of part of a lung when he was young, has been hospitalized since February 14, and ...

ROME, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital — Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in ...

The previous evening, doctors had said he remained in critical condition with double pneumonia but reported a “slight improvement” in some laboratory results. In the most upbeat bulletin in days, the ...

Eleven days after the pope was hospitalized, speculation is mounting and prayers for his recovery verge on a vigil.

Pope Francis, aged 88, is in critical condition with double pneumonia but remains active in his duties from Rome's Gemelli hospital. The Vatican reports he is eating well and conducting meetings.

ROME -- Pope Francis "rested well, all night long" in the hospital, Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday morning. Francis, 88, has been hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb ...

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

The Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required ...