Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...

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The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

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Pope Francis' health update was issued by the Vatican, which says he slept well. Meanwhile, a list of potential successors ...

Pope Francis met with the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Monday as he rested comfortably ...

Eleven days after the pope was hospitalized, speculation is mounting and prayers for his recovery verge on a vigil.

The Vatican press office said Cardinal Parolin will lead a rosary for the pontiff in St. Peter's Square at 9 p.m. local time.