Pope Benedict XVI, announced his sudden decision to step down as pope after calling for a consistory in 2013. During the past ...

The Vatican's evening update said the 88-year-old pope had had no new respiratory crises and that his blood parameters were ...

The slight renal insufficiency the pope had in recent days subsided and a CAT scan of the chest showed a normal evolution of ...

A CT chest scan taken Tuesday evening showed the "normal evolution" of an infection as it is being treated. Blood tests have confirmed an improvement, according to the Vatican's update. The slight ...

And the postulator of St. John Paul II's sainthood cause, Msgr. Slawomir Oder, in 2010 published the letters Pope John Paul ...

Pope Francis entered the hospital for treatment of bronchitis on Feb. 14. Almost two weeks later, doctors say the pope — who contracted a case of double pneumonia while at Romes ...

Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

Follow live updates on Pope Francis as 88-year-old pontiff remains in a critical condition at Rome's Gemelli hospital.

Pope Francis is sitting upright and continuing to receive treatment for double pneumonia, more than a week after he was ...

Pope Francis is sitting upright and receiving therapy for double pneumonia while he remains in critical condition.

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...