Pontiff may step down if pneumonia stops him from having ‘direct contact’ with world’s Catholics, says former Vatican ...

Pope Francis' recent bout with pneumonia, which landed him in the hospital for the fourth time, fueled speculation in Rome.

Pope Francisis "slightly improving" and his blood analyses are stable, the Vatican said on Thursday, in the latest sign of ...

The 88-year-old pontiff, Pope Francis, is undergoing treatment at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he was admitted on February ...

Pope Francis’ condition is “slightly improving” and he continues to have no fever, the Vatican said on Thursday evening, ...

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

The Catholic Church is almost 2,000 years old, and over the centuries, the protocol for papal funerals has been codified and ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - While Pope Francis battles pneumonia in hospital, work at the Vatican, headquarters of the 1.4 ...

Pope Francis’s blood tests show a “slight improvement” as he receives hospital treatment for pneumonia, the Vatican said ...

The Vatican said Pope Francis has the "onset of bilateral pneumonia," and that tests, a chest X-ray and the pope's clinical ...

Pope Francis was breathing on his own despite his pneumonia, a Vatican source said Wednesday, amid growing concerns over the hospitalised 88-year-old's condition.