ROME — Pope Francis has written and spoken at length about sickness, aging and death, and personally directed that his ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis suffered two episodes of "acute respiratory failure" on Monday, the Vatican said. The ...

One of Italy's top lung experts said that after Friday's unexpected respiratory crisis it will now take two months for Pope Francis to make a full respiratory recovery while it will take at least a ...

Pope Francis, hospitalized for more than two weeks with pneumonia in both lungs, suffered two acute respiratory failures, requiring intervention, the Vatican says.

An intimate story of one of the most dramatic transitions of power in the last 2,000 years. Frustrated with the direction of the church, Cardinal Bergoglio (Jonathan Pryce) requests permission to ...

March 2 (UPI) --Doctors have removed mechanical breathing assistance from Pope Francis as the pontiff continues to recover from a respiratory infection that put him in the hospital in critical ...

When Pope Paul VI sits down at breakfast, the newspaper clippings and reports in front of him have been prepared and organized by Archbishop Giovanni Benelli. When there is a sudden crisis in the ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ' recovery from double pneumonia continued Wednesday as a chest X-ray confirmed improvement, two days after doctors declared he’s no longer in imminent danger of death ...

“I am 18 years old, so I have seen a few popes in my life and am very close to him,” Rossi said. “I hope he recovers as soon as possible.” Francis had part of one lung removed after a ...

Pope Francis was hospitalized on February 14th for pneumonia and is still in hospital in serious condition. Despite the insecurity over the Pontiff’s fate, the many souvenir shops surrounding the ...