The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Francis still had a long road ahead.

Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors said Wednesday his prognosis is ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

The Vatican carried on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope Saturday, as Pope Francis battled pneumonia and a ...

Pope Francis was placed in “critical condition” on Saturday, the Vatican said, just four days after the religious leader ...

Following the episode, the pope began non-invasive ventilation and was responding well, according to the Vatican.

The Vatican said Pope Francis has the "onset of bilateral pneumonia," and that tests, a chest X-ray and the pope's clinical ...

Pope Francis has the onset of double pneumonia, the Vatican said on Tuesday, complicating treatment for the 88-year pontiff and indicating a further deterioration in his fragile health.

ROME (TNND) — Pope Francis showed some improvement Thursday as he fights double pneumonia. The Vatican said the result of the ...

Pope Francis slept well and was resting Thursday morning as his doctors say the 88-year-old pontiff has shown further slight improvement.

LONDON, UK — Vatican officials have said Pope Francis has developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating his ...