As Pope Francis remains in hospital, fighting pneumonia in both lungs, many have cast an uncertain eye towards the future of the Vatican. The Vatican leader was in critical condition over the ...

Father Boniface Ugwo, of St. Francis Catholic Church in Lagos, emphasized that this Lent is an opportune time to "offer special prayers for our Pope Francis." On Ash Wednesday, faithful Catholics ...

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 ...

Pope Francis will remain hospitalized and will continue treatment for a respiratory infection, according to a Reuters report citing a Vatican spokesperson. Diagnostic tests apparently indicated ...

Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital in Rome on Friday for a respiratory infection and will remain for as long as necessary to complete treatment, the Vatican said on Monday. Jorge Mario ...

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 ...

ROME — The Vatican said Monday that Pope Francis’s respiratory infection presented a “complex clinical picture” requiring a change in treatment and that he would remain in the Rome ...

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Friday to receive treatment for a bout of bronchitis that he has reportedly been dealing with for a week, the Vatican confirmed to Fox News. Prior to his ...

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