Is the pope out of danger? No. Both doors are open. Is he at risk of immediate death? No. The therapy needs time to work,” Sergio Alfieri, a surgeon who has operated on the pope in the past, said ...

Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14 after a case of bronchitis worsened; doctors later diagnosed a ...

When Pope Francis issued a letter to the United States bishops criticizing President Donald Trump’s plan for mass deportations and offering a theological retort to Vice President J.D. Vance, the tone ...

Pope Francis "is fine" as his medical condition is not life-threatening, but he is not being released from the hospital yet, this doctors in Italy announced.

The doctors treating Pope Francis said on Friday that the pope’s condition is not life-threatening but he is also not out of ...

Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, the former head of the Vatican’s department of cultural affairs, raised the possibility of ...

In Italy, the pope's presence is so deeply woven into daily life that even the prospect of his death is met with lighthearted ...

Several of Pope Francis’s top collaborators have hit back against rumors that Pope Francis’s health, while of concern, is ...

Questions about the possibility of opening the diaconate to women were part of the conversation Feb. 21 at Rome's Basilica of Santa Maria in Trastevere.