Roman Catholic Church if his health deteriorates further, the former head of the Vatican's department of cultural affairs ...

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death.

Sergio Alfieri, one of the doctors for Pope Francis, said he is a “fragile” patient given his advanced age and chronic health ...

Pope Francis is responding “positively” to medical treatment for pneumonia, according to the Vatican, a week after the ...

Doctors provided their first in-person update, confirming that Pope Francis will stay hospitalized through at least next week ...

Pope Francis (pictured), who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, is not yet out of danger but is expected to ...

He continues to be without fever and "his hemodynamic parameters continue to be stable," said an evening bulletin Feb. 20.

Francis, who was admitted last Friday with breathing difficulties, has been slightly improving, allowing doctors to ...

The pope was admitted to hospital on February 14 where he is fighting a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia in both ...

THE Pope is up and about after a good night, according to the Vatican, but cardinals now face the question – will Francis ...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster, the president of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, sent a ...