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

Pope Francis continues to be in serious but stable condition as he concludes his 12th day in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, the ...

Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors said Wednesday his prognosis is ...

Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors said Wednesday his prognosis is ...

The mass followed a similar service on Tuesday evening at the church of the Argentine community in Rome, reflecting the ...

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

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

It was the first time the Vatican has said Francis was receiving physiotherapy to help him expel fluid from his lungs.

The Vatican says Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors still say his ...

The Vatican said ailing Pope Francis had a peaceful night in the hospital and was up and sitting in an armchair on Wednesday ...

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 ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.