Pope Francis is recovering well from pneumonia and a “new stage” in his pontificate is opening, two of his closest advisers said Friday, offering notes of optimism as the 88-year-old pontiff hit the five-week mark in his hospitalization.

Pope Francis has been in hospital for more than a week with what some media reports are now calling “double pneumonia”. The Vatican released a statement on Tuesday evening saying laboratory tests, chest X-rays,

VATICAN CITY The world's most illustrious patient - Pope Francis - remains stable. So much so that the doctors at Gemelli, in the absence of significant news, have decided to space out the