Pope Francis remains stable in hospital and a recent chest scan confirmed improvements in his condition, the Vatican said on ...

Pope Francis will on Thursday mark the 12th anniversary of his election as leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics, but ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis is showing a "good response" to his hospital treatment for double pneumonia and his overall ...

Almost a season ago, the Somerset Berkley boys basketball team walked away from their Final Four game against No. 1 Malden ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

Pope Francis on Sunday said defeats are not definitive ... who embrace their relationship with God our redeemer. “In the face of temptation, we sometimes fall; we are all sinners,” the papal ...

Pope Francis has been hospitalized at Rome’s Gemelli Polyclinic since Feb. 14. As the Jubilee celebrations continue in the ...

AFP via Getty Images Noninvasive ventilation involves administering oxygen through a mouthpiece, face or ... Bergoglio. Francis, who was elected pope in 2013, had part of one lung removed as ...

The pope’s face is covered by a ... is known as a conclave to elect Francis’ successor. The period between the death of a pope and the election of a new one is called the sede vacante, or ...

Monday's respiratory episodes had required Francis to use non-invasive mechanical ventilation, which involves placing a mask over the face to help push air into the lungs. The pope is now only ...

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to speculate about the election of a new pope while the current one is fighting ...