The Vatican’s early Friday update also suggested a level of normalcy and routine as the 88-year-old pope continues recovering ...

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to speculate about the election of a new pope while ...

A group of nuns, priests and students from a Catholic university gathered outside the Gemelli Hospital in Rome on Monday to ...

Pope Francis, in hospital with pneumonia, suffered a breathing “crisis” on Friday that caused him to vomit but he was given ...

After experiencing progressive improvement the past few days, Pope Francis experienced "an isolated crisis of bronchospasm" ...

Pope Francis’ medical condition has stabilized after nearly one week of medical treatment since being admitted into Rome’s ...

ROME - Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where Pope Francis is being treated for pneumonia, is the favoured choice of pontiffs – to the point of being dubbed “Vatican III” by the late John Paul II.

The pope, 88, has been in Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis's condition remains "critical but stable," Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday.

Pope Francis spent a peaceful fifth night in hospital and ate breakfast, the Vatican said in its latest update on the pontiff ...