Just outside the hospital, hundreds of the faithful with their own stories stop to pray every day at the feet of the statue ...

Pope Francis suffered two episodes of acute respiratory insufficiency and went back on a ventilator as he remains ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis suffered two episodes of "acute respiratory failure" on Monday, the Vatican said. The ...

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For nearly two millennia, the papacy has shaped world history, standing at the intersection of faith, politics, and power.

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Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for just over two weeks fighting double pneumonia, had a peaceful night and is resting ...

The Vatican said doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ventilation following a coughing fit in which he inhaled ...

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The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

The Vatican said that the pope "slept well during the night and is now resting" peacefully on Thursday morning as the pontiff begins his 14th day in hospital.

A critically ill Pope Francis, who is battling pneumonia in both lungs, “rested well,” the Vatican said Tuesday after earlier ...