Pope Francis issued a message Sunday thanking volunteers for the "miracle of tenderness" they offer the sick, as the Vatican celebrated the Holy Year Mass for volunteers around the world in his ...

The pope is no longer in imminent danger but the clinical picture is complex. LONDON and ROME -- The pope rested peacefully overnight after his prognosis was "lifted" on Monday as he begins his ...

Doctors said Monday Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for nearly a month, but have decided to keep him hospitalized for ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis, right, hugs Emeritus Pope Benedict XVI prior to the start of a meeting with elderly faithful ...

Pope Francis on Sunday said defeats are not definitive for those who believe in Jesus Christ and trust in God’s love and forgiveness. In his prepared March 9 homily for the first Sunday of Lent ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis followed the Vatican’s weeklong spiritual retreat via videoconference on Monday as he continued his recovery from double pneumonia and looked ahead to the 12th ...

Pope Francis's recovery from double pneumonia in hospital is entering its fourth week, with questions being raised about what the future of his papacy might look like. The pontiff followed the ...

ROME — Doctors said Monday that Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for nearly a month, but have decided to keep him ...

Pope Francis greets people at the end of an audience at the Vatican in February. Photo: Tiziana Fabi/AFP via Getty Images ...

Doctors said Monday that Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia but have decided to keep him hospitalized for several more days to receive treatment.In a ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has written and spoken at length about sickness, aging and death, and personally directed that his doctors provide the fairly detailed daily updates that have punctuated ...

The 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, had what was just a bad case of bronchitis when he was hospitalized last month. The infection ...