Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow for ritual mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

Pope Francis' doctors "are prudently maintaining their cautious prognosis" as the pontiff's condition of respiratory and ...

Vatican officials announced on Sunday that Pope Francis is currently suffering from "mild renal insufficiency" amid his ...

The pontiff's condition is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease, according to doctors.

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis was "resting" on Monday morning after spending his 10th night in the hospital, the Vatican ...

Pope Francis, 88, was resting Monday morning, his 10th day at the hospital for a complex lung infection that led to the early ...

Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required high ...

The combination of health issues has kept the Pope from performing his public duties, including weekly prayers on Sundays, ...

The pope has spent nine nights at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, receiving treatment for pneumonia and other health complications.

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement and resumed some work activities ...

Lapu-Lapu City Mayor Junard Chan has apologized after mistakenly posting on social media that Pope Francis had passed away, a claim that was later proven false.