The pope's doctor says Francis has shown ‘’a truly surprising improvement’’ since returning to the Vatican to convalesce ...

Pope Francis was discharged from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital on March 23 after five weeks of treatment for double pneumonia.

Dr. Sergio Alfieri told The Associated Press that the Pope was "very lively,’’ after visiting the pope at his apartment in ...

Doctors taking care of Pope Francis weighed ending their treatment at one point as there “was a risk that he would not make ...

After 38 days in the hospital, Pope Francis returned to the Vatican, but his medical team have said he will need two months ...

The pope's medical team had to decide whether to "stop and let him go or force it and try all the drugs and therapies ...

The 88-year-old pope’s most dire moment came back on Feb. 28 when he nearly choked on his vomit after being hospitalized for ...

Dr. Sergio Alfieri said the 88-year-old pontiff and people close to him alike understood “that he might not survive the night ...

Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private chapel, the Vatican said ...

New interview details the doctors’ response to crises suffered by the Pope while hospitalized: ‘No one gave up. ... There is ...

The medical staff looking after Pope Francis considered stopping his treatment so he could die, according to the lead doctor, ...

After spending more than a month in the hospital, Pope Francis has overcome a life-threatening case of double pneumonia, ...