Who leads the Catholic Church when the Pope is sick? - Nothing has changed in his status, role or power since Francis was ...

The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized for more than a week and was given oxygen and a blood transfusion on Saturday.

Pope Francis rested overnight in the hospital, the Vatican said Sunday, adding that his night “passed peacefully.” ...

As a result, even though Pope Francis remains hospitalized in critical condition with a complex lung infection, he is still ...

The terse update comes as Pope Francis remains in critical condition following a respiratory crisis on Saturday that required ...

The Vatican said Francis, who was diagnosed with double pneumonia, suffered a breathing crisis and needed blood transfusions.

ROME (AP) — The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope Saturday, as Pope Francis battled ...

Pope Francis will stay at the hospital for the entirety of next week to receive treatment for bilateral pneumonia.

Pilgrims from around the world continue to travel to Rome for the 2025 Jubilee Year, and though they won’t catch a glimpse of ...

Pope Francis greets pilgrims in St. Peter's Square in June 2014. (Photo: Alfredo Borba/Wikimedia Commons) What can the pope represent for non-Catholic Christians? The question is worth asking ...

Pope Francisis "slightly improving" and his blood analyses are stable, the Vatican said on Thursday, in the latest sign of ...