Even during his five weeks in the hospital battling pneumonia that nearly killed him, Pope Francis has never been shy about showing weakness.

Pope Francis was released home to the Vatican following a hospitalization in which he suffered two respiratory episodes that ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis is registering new slight improvements ... While many in the Vatican have held up St. John Paul II’s long and public battle with Parkinson’s disease and other ...

The Vatican has released the first photo of Pope Francis since his hospitalization ... the hospital piazza to show their support holding up yellow and white balloons — the colors of the Holy ...

Let him rest up. Give him ... a drop-off whenever Pope taps deep into the reserves. It's to the point where he might have to consider leaning on the starters to play as close to 40 minutes as ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has marked the 12th anniversary of his pontificate in the hospital as he received increasingly positive medical news on his recovery and hundreds of messages wishing him ...

ROME — Pope Francis has written and spoken at length ... in keeping with a decision he made early on in his papacy to be up front about his health: He granted an unprecedented tell-all interview ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis woke up Tuesday to good news from his doctors ... In addition, a Vatican cardinal close to Francis spoke out Monday to deny some negative media reports that have ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis has written and spoken at length about sickness, aging and death, and personally directed that his doctors provide the fairly detailed daily updates that have punctuated ...

and woke up at about 8 a.m. Later in the day, an informed Vatican source confirmed that the Argentine pope followed a program prescribed by his doctors almost a week ago: He continued his ...

When the pope is in town and in good health, he hosts a Wednesday audience at St. Peters Square or Paul VI Hall. Couples who have been married within the last two months (certain exceptions up to ...