Two of Pope Francis’ closest advisers are predicting that he will recover from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his ...

The Vatican press office reported on Friday that Francis’s overall condition remained stable with slight improvements.

The Vatican called on Catholic bishops worldwide to make the Good Friday Collection a pastoral priority. The annual ...

“‘It is finished’; and he bowed his head and handed over his spirit.” On Good Friday, the entire Church fixes her gaze on the Cross at Calvary. Each member of the Church tries to ...

Pope Francis, hospitalized for more than two weeks with pneumonia in both lungs, suffered two acute respiratory failures, ...

By Elisabetta Povoledo Reporting from Rome Pope Francis’ complex lung infection is not immediately life-threatening, his doctors said Friday ... the pope was in a “good mood” and had ...

That episode caused the pope to inhale vomit, the Vatican said in a statement. Francis was treated with noninvasive mechanical ventilation and had a good response, the Vatican said Friday.

Pope Francis has participated remotely in the Vatican’s spiritual retreat after getting good news from his doctors.

said it was good that Francis hasn’t needed a mechanical ventilator. That would be the probable next step if he wasn’t able to breathe well enough with the non-invasive support he’s gotten so far. On ...

Pope Francis is a good pope, let's hope that he makes it. Let us hope." Cardinal Timothy Dolan, In New York: "Our Holy Father Pope Francis is in very, very fragile health, and probably close to death.

Pope Francis had a good night’s rest early Monday after apparently ... pumps oxygen into his lungs that he had to use following Friday’s coughing episode. A man walks in the ward where Pope ...