The Vatican says that Pope Francis is showing improvement after an extended stay in the hospital due to a lung infection that has lasted 10 days.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in laboratory tests and resumed ...

Pope Francis' resumes work but he is still in critical condition according to the Vatican. Fears have been growing about the pontiff’s condition after he was admitted to the hospital on Feb. 14, later ...

Catholic cardinals gathered in Rome will offer a nightly rosary for Pope Francis as the pontiff remains hospitalized in ...

Pope Francis, hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, was showing a “slight improvement”, the ...

The wet black cobblestones shone from the bright lights illuminating the fountains and the front of the square where Pope Francis normally sits for his Wednesday general audiences. An image of Mater ...

The pope has suffered from pneumonia in both lungs and experienced a “long asthmatic respiratory crisis” over the weekend.

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Doctors said there has been a “slight improvement” in Pope Francis’ condition on Monday (Feb. 24) after ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...

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

The Vatican's press office on Monday said the pope's health has shown a slight improvement, and that the monitoring of his kidney failure has not raised any concerns.

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