The Apostolic Palace in the Vatican is home to the Holy See’s Secretariat of State, the engine room of the Catholic Church’s central administration. Entering the offices on the third floor of ...

Pope Francis is responding well to therapy for double pneumonia and his doctors note a "gradual, slight improvement," the Vatican said on March 8. A statement released at 7 p.m. local time this ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis continued his recovery from double pneumonia on Saturday as the Vatican machinery and Holy Year celebrations marched on without him, this weekend dedicated to the ...

LONDON and ROME -- Pope Francis' "overall condition remains stable within his complex medical situation and the prognosis remains reserved," the Vatican said Friday. The pope "spent about 20 ...

VATICAN CITY: Pope Francis, who suffered two respiratory crises on Monday (Mar 3) as he battles double pneumonia, has stabilised and no longer needs to use mechanical ventilation for help ...

Pope Francis suffered two new episodes of acute respiratory crises Monday and was put back on noninvasive mechanical ventilation, the Vatican said.Francis had inhaled "copious" amounts of mucus in ...

"Two bronchoscopies were performed with the need for aspiration of copious secretions," according to the Vatican. "In the afternoon, non-invasive mechanical ventilation was resumed. The Holy ...

Pope Francis has had coffee and read the morning newspapers after a setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia, the Vatican said. Doctors had put him on non-invasive mechanical ...

"The pope had a tranquil night and is resting," the Vatican said in a statement. It did not provide any further details. On Thursday, the Vatican said Francis slept well overnight, and that he was ...

VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis’ condition showed “a further, slight improvement”, the Vatican said on Feb 26, while continuing to maintain the prognosis for the 88-year-old fighting pneumonia i ...