The pontiff’s bout with double pneumonia, and warnings that he could be significantly diminished, have accelerated discussions of succession scenarios.

The latest medical bulletin said that the 88-year-old pope’s condition remained stable but indicated a complex picture ...

ROME—Pope Francis marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate Thursday in the hospital—the first pope to do so in modern church history—as he received increasingly positive medical news on his ...

Pope Francis entered the fifth week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia on Saturday with signs of recovery continuing ...

Pope Francis is slowly recovering after spending a month in hospital battling pneumonia in both lungs. Read more at ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly ...

At the time of his hospitalization last month, the 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, had what was then just a bad case of bronchitis.

Three weeks to the day after being admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis is still struggling to shake off the ...

Pope Francis issued a message Sunday thanking ... Francis, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, has remained in stable condition at Gemelli, with no ...

The passage of time and positive reports Sunday suggested he had overcome the episode successfully. The pope, who had part of ...