By AFPVATICAN CITY - Pope Francis "rested well" during his eighth night in hospital, where the 88-year-old is being treated for double pneumonia, the Vatican said Saturday.Francis was admitted to Rome ...

Pope Francis began a second week in hospital on Saturday, alert but still "not out of danger", as top cardinals sought to ...

Sergio Alfieri, one of the doctors for Pope Francis, said he is a “fragile” patient given his advanced age and chronic health ...

When the Vatican appointed the sculptor and architect Michelangelo to rebuild St. Peter's Basilica, he based it on the Greek ...

In Italy, the pope's presence is so deeply woven into daily life that even the prospect of his death is met with lighthearted ...

“Pope Francis is well but is not out of danger yet” and will have to remain in the hospital “at least all next week,” two of ...

As the pope enters his second week in a Rome hospital with a lung infection, his physicians said his condition was critical ...

The beloved religious institution is now the Basilica of St. Edward, just as church officials begin to plan a centenary ...

Is the pope out of danger? No. Both doors are open. Is he at risk of immediate death? No. The therapy needs time to work,” Sergio Alfieri, a surgeon who has operated on the pope in the past, said ...

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the former head of the Vatican’s department of cultural affairs, raised the possibility of ...

The Vatican was "utterly let down" by an Italian financier over the Catholic Church's botched investment in a high-end London property, a judge ruled on Friday following a trial at which a senior aide ...

As his hospital stay drags on, Francis' cardinals have had to consider the obvious question circulating: whether Francis might resign if his illness continues.