St Peter's Square is bustling, but behind the Vatican's walls, activities have slowed as the Catholic Church grapples with ...

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Francis, who has been in Rome's Gemelli Hospital since February 14, is again receiving "non-invasive, mechanical ventilation" ...

Francis is being treated with supplemental oxygen to assist him with breathing, the Vatican said Tuesday, a day after he ...

Pope Francis, who suffered two respiratory crises on Monday as he battles double pneumonia, has stabilised and no longer ...

The pope has been undergoing treatment for double pneumonia and a complex infection in a Rome hospital, and his condition has ...

As Pope Francis has battled double pneumonia in hospital for nearly three weeks, talk of the 88-year-old pontiff's death or ...

Pope Francis remained stable through the day on Sunday and no longer required the use of mechanical ventilation to breathe, ...

Pope Francis had an "isolated breathing crisis" in hospital on Friday, the Vatican said, in a setback as the 88-year-old ...

The Vatican said Francis, 88, who has been hospitalized for pneumonia, was responding well to treatment and that it was too ...

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for just over two weeks fighting double pneumonia, is in a stable condition and has ...