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

Monday marks Pope Francis’ 10th day in the hospital, making this equal to the longest hospitalization of his papacy.

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, ...

Francis is being treated for pneumonia, a complex infection and kidney problems that have left him in critical condition. He ...

Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for over a week, is in critical condition after a "prolonged asthma-like respiratory ...

ROME — Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis while being ...

Pope Francis is showing “slight improvement” but is still in “critical” condition, the Vatican said in an update on Monday, ...

The 88-year-old pontiff suffered a “prolonged asthmatic crisis” and low platelets, the Vatican said, but was alert and ...

"The thrombocytopenia remains stable; however, some blood tests show early, mild renal insufficiency, which is currently ...

Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia, remains in a critical condition for a second day running and his prognosis is still ...

Pope Francis was placed in “critical condition” on Saturday, the Vatican said, just four days after the religious leader ...