It’s an unfortunate fact that we become more vulnerable to respiratory infections as we get older. Viruses and bugs that we ...

ROME -- Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old ...

He got up to eat breakfast Friday after the Vatican said his overall clinical condition had improved slightly.

The pope was admitted to hospital on February 14 where he is fighting a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia in both ...

Several of Pope Francis’s top collaborators have hit back against rumors that Pope Francis’s health, while of concern, is ...

Pope Francis has spent a peaceful night at Rome’s Gemelli hospital and continues his recovery today, Vatican spokesman Matteo ...

The pope is 88 and had part of one lung removed when he was a young man. He is prone to respiratory infections in winter.

Pope Francis' overall clinical condition is "improving slightly" and his heart is working well as he battles pneumonia, the ...

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like his death ...