Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

The 88-year-old pontiff, who was admitted to the hospital last week, is being closely monitored by doctors as he undergoes ...

Doctors on Friday said the 88-year-old Francis is "not out of danger" ​and that the main threat facing him would be the onset ...

In the 1960s, most Catholic school teachers were members of religious orders. Now, many schools have one or two, or no nuns at all.

When each pope takes on the role of religious leader of the Catholic church, they adopt a brand new name, and it's usually ...

Pope Francis has spent a peaceful night at Rome’s Gemelli hospital and continues his recovery today, Vatican spokesman Matteo ...

Doctors provided their first in-person update, confirming that Pope Francis will stay hospitalized through at least next week ...

The pope is not a quitter,” the Holy Father’s physician told journalists toward the end of a Friday press conference at ...

His doctors said “the pope is fine” and “working,” though they cautioned that he remains in significant danger as he fights a ...

As the pope enters his second week in a Rome hospital with a lung infection, his physicians said his condition was critical ...

Pope Francis’ medical team says the pontiff's condition isn’t life-threatening. But they said Friday that Francis isn't out ...

While Pope Francis has not yet fully recovered from double pneumonia, Gemelli Hospital doctors said Friday his illness is not life threatening.