Francis returned to the Vatican one week ago after spending five weeks in the hospital battling pneumonia. Before he left the hospital he appeared on the balcony there, where he looked very weak and frail,

The head of Pope Francis' medical team says there was a crisis during the pontiff's battle with pneumonia so dire, they considered "whether to stop and let him go."

The doctors who cared for Pope Francis during his health battle over the past few weeks at one point thought there might be no choice but to let him die.