The 88-year-old pontiff, hospitalized for two weeks, suffered a respiratory episode, raising fears about his recovery.

Pope Francis experienced “sudden worsening” of breathing at a Rome hospital, raising concerns of a major setback.According to ...

After Pope Francis suffered a setback on Friday, doctors said it would take 24 to 48 hours to determine whether the crisis ...

When Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign in 600 years it sent shockwaves through the Catholic Church. Now, after ...

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

Msgr. James Shea, president of the University of Mary in Bismarck, North Dakota, addresses the 20th annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. Feb. 28, 2025. (photo: EWTN News / ...

Pope Francis had coffee and was reading newspapers Saturday after doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ...

We have come in the Christian year to the season of Lent. Beginning on Ash Wednesday, which falls this year on March 5.

The head of the Catholic Church has been in hospital for over two weeks fighting double pneumonia. The Vatican said the ...

The Vatican, on Wednesday, February 26, revealed that Pope Francis had a peaceful night at Rome’s Gemelli HospitalDespite ...

Pope Francis has reportedly spent a night without additional complications following a severe new bout of breathlessness, the ...

Life imitates art as Pope Francis fights pneumonia while ‘Conclave’ heads into Oscars - The Vatican traditionally avoids ...