VATICAN CITY - For centuries, one of the biggest taboos at the Vatican was openly discussing the pope's health. As leader of ...

Pope Francis spent 12 days at Rome's Gemelli hospital marking the longest hospital stay in his papacy which has spanned over ...

The audience, which occurred Monday, signaled that the machinery of the Vatican was still grinding on and looking ahead even with Francis, 88, hospitalized and doctors warning his prognosis is guarded ...

Health professionals, patients, family members and members of the board of the foundation that oversees Rome’s Gemelli ...

Pope Francis has met senior colleagues in hospital to discuss work issues, the Vatican said on Tuesday, and an official said ...

The previous evening, doctors had said he remained in critical condition with double pneumonia but reported a “slight improvement” in some laboratory results. In the most upbeat bulletin in days, the ...

ROME, Metropolitan City of Rome Capital — Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in ...

Francis is continuing his therapy for bronchitis and pneumonia, but the Vatican provided no indication of when he might be ...

(ROME and LONDON) -- Pope Francis "rested well, all night long" in the hospital, Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday morning. The pope slept without interruption, Vatican sources told ...