Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

The pontiff, 88, has been hospitalized for a week and a half and is receiving treatment for a complex respiratory infection.

Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis while being ...

Vatican officials have said Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating his recovery. The ...

Francis is continuing his therapy for bronchitis and pneumonia, but the Vatican provided no indication of when he might be ...

Pope Francis was to be hospitalized for bronchitis treatment and necessary diagnostic testing after his Friday audiences, the ...

ROME -- Pope Francis "rested well, all night long" in the hospital, Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday morning. Francis, 88, has been hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb ...

As Pope Francis continued to show "some" improvement in his lab tests, the pontiff remained hospitalized with a respiratory ...

Feb. 15 (UPI) -- Pope Francis had a "restful night" in a hospital and his bronchitis was improve, the Vatican said Saturday.

(AP Photo/Andrew Medichini) The pope was admitted to a hospital on Friday for "necessary tests" and to continue his ongoing bronchitis treatment, the Vatican said. The Italian news agency ANSA ...

On Friday, Pope Francis was taken to the Gemelli hospital so that doctors could treat an ongoing case of bronchitis “in a hospital environment,” the Vatican said. The Vatican had announced in ...

The Vatican said on Tuesday that "Pope Francis rested well throughout the night," at Rome's Gemelli Hospital. The Vatican ...