The only public sign of life from the pope since his hospitalization was a recorded audio message thanking people for their prayers for his recovery in a weak and labored voice. It was played in St.

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 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 ...

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14 after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...

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

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

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 ...