The pope has suffered from pneumonia in both lungs and experienced a “long asthmatic respiratory crisis” over the weekend.
The pontiff's condition is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease, according to doctors.
Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia, but his condition has shown a "slight improvement", the ...
As Pope Francis remains critically ill, students and faculty at the University of Dallas are praying for his healing.
Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow for ritual mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...
ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis was "resting" on Monday morning after spending his 10th night in the hospital, the Vatican ...
Pope Francis has received prayers worldwide while hospitalized with a respiratory illness and mild kidney insufficiency.
The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...
Bishop Daniel E. Thomas on Monday called for Catholics in Toledo to join in communion with others of the faith around the ...