If you really want him to rest, you have to hospitalize him,” quipped Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, the archbishop of Marseille ...

Pope Francishas shown a "slight improvement", is alert and got out of bed to eat breakfast on Thursday, the Vatican said, as ...

By Jose Kavi Catholics in India have joined their counterparts across the world to pray for Pope Francis, who has been ...

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The Vatican said Francis' overall condition remained stationary, but that blood tests showed a “slight improvement" in key ...

Updates on Francis’ condition, which was said to be stable on Wednesday, have typically been spare, leaving plenty of room ...

Pope Francis, despite a worrying bilateral pneumonia diagnosis, is breathing on his own and not experiencing heart problems, ...

On Wednesday, the Vatican said Pope Francis “had a tranquil night, woke up and had breakfast,” saying he was in good spirits.

Then again, when I see videos like this one, where an otherwise well-meaning dog mistakes the tie on a monk’s robe for a new ...