Over the weekend the Vatican said the Holy Father had suffered a respiratory crisis and required a blood transfusion.

The combination of health issues has kept the Pope from performing his public duties, including weekly prayers on Sundays, ...

While Pope Francis was hospitalized in Rome's Gemelli hospital, one of the cardinals closest to him traveled to Lebanon to ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis’ condition remained “critical” the evening of Feb. 23, his doctors said, with blood tests ...

Local Catholics are responding to news from the Vatican that the health of Pope Francis has declined to critical condition.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis experienced “an asthmatic respiratory crisis of prolonged magnitude, which also required ...

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Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, will lead a public recitation of the rosary at 9 p.m. Feb. 24 in St.

Pope Francis showed slight improvement in laboratory tests Monday and resumed some work activities, including calling a parish in Gaza City that he has kept in touch with since the war there began, ...

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Pope Francis remained in critical condition as the Vatican called senior church officials in Rome to a special saying of the ...

As Catholics and other people of faith continue to pray for the pope, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the secretary of state for Vatican City, will host a prayer service for Pope Francis on Monday evening.