The press office also announced that Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, would lead a public recitation of ...

Doctors have said the pope's condition is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease.

Francis, 88, had remained in critical condition throughout the weekend after severe breathing difficulties were reported.

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Pope Francis, 88, was resting Monday morning, his 10th day at the hospital for a complex lung infection that led to the early ...

Pope Francis’s condition remained “critical” the evening of Feb. 23, his doctors said, with blood tests showing “initial, ...

Francis is being treated for pneumonia, a complex infection and kidney problems that have left him in critical condition.

Pope Francis, hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, spent a peaceful night and was "resting" ...