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

Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia, but his condition has shown a "slight improvement", the ...

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Pope Francis remained in critical condition as the Vatican called senior church officials in Rome to a special saying of the ...

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

The Vatican described his condition as critical for the first time on Saturday, reporting that the 88-year-old Francis needed ...

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

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

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