ROME -- Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old ...

The Vatican late Thursday reported a “slight improvement” in his overall clinical condition, with his heart working well.

Pope Francis has spent one week in the hospital fighting pneumonia. He got up to eat breakfast Friday after the Vatican said ...

Colleen and Gerry discuss Pope Francis’ double pneumonia diagnosis and whether the U.S. and the Vatican can find any common ...

The process of electing a new pope follows rules and rituals that have been followed, and sometimes tweaked, since the 13th ...

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Pope Francis, in hospital for double pneumonia, is improving slightly, has no fever, and his blood analyses are stable, the ...

Pneumonia is an infection of the lungs that can be caused most commonly by bacteria or viruses, such as Streptococcus ...

ROME — Pope Francis is continuing his recovery from pneumonia, eating breakfast out of bed on Thursday morning after a sixth peaceful night at the hospital, the Vatican said.

Pope Francis has been an active pontiff during his tenure, traveling across the globe multiple times since being elected in ...