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 ...

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Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday following a respiratory crisis and ...

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

Pope Francis is in critical condition in a Rome hospital, 10 days after he sought out treatment for bronchitis. The ...

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The announcement on Saturday evening indicated that Francis’ medical condition had become more complicated since an update ...

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

Pope Francis returned to social media more than a week after he was hospitalized and diagnosed with double pneumonia, and ...

Roman Catholic parishioners and priests in Massachusetts prayed Sunday for Pope Francis's full recovery amid growing concern ...

Pope Francis, the 88-year-old head of the 1.4-billion-member Roman Catholic Church, is in hospital being treated for double ...