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

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

Pope Francis is recovering today after suffering a "sudden worsening of his respiratory condition," the Vatican said.

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

The Vatican reported Friday that he experienced sudden breathing problems that required “non-invasive mechanical ventilation” ...

The Vatican said Francis, 88, who has been hospitalized for pneumonia, was responding well to treatment and that it was too ...

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

The Vatican says the "criticality" of Pope Francis health condition "has subsided for the moment," but he's still ...

The development marked a setback in what had been two successive days of increasingly upbeat reports from doctors ...

The Vatican said Friday that Pope Francis is on a breathing machine after suffering a sudden respiratory episode during his ...

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for just over two weeks fighting double pneumonia, had a peaceful night and is resting ...

Pope Francis has something to say about that. The world is watching the health of the 88-year-old pope who before his ...