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Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia, but his condition has shown a "slight improvement", the ...
Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.
Pope Francis, 88, was resting Monday morning, his 10th day at the hospital for a complex lung infection that led to the early ...
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...
The Vatican described his condition as critical for the first time on Saturday, reporting that the 88-year-old Francis needed ...
The eyes of the Catholic world are focused on Agostino Gemelli Hospital in Rome, where Pope Francis remains hospitalized for ...
The pontiff's condition is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease, according to doctors.
Sergio Alfieri, one of the doctors for Pope Francis, said he is a “fragile” patient given his advanced age and chronic health ...