Pope Francis has released an audio message thanking well-wishers around the world who have been praying for his recovery, his first public sign of life since he was hospitalised three weeks ago.

Pope Francis is marking 12 years as leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics with increasingly positive medical updates four weeks into his hospitalisation for double pneumonia. Francis, who ...

Pope Francis has entered his fifth week of hospital treatment for double pneumonia and is continuing the work of his papacy as signs of his recovery remain positive. Francis remains in stable ...

Pope Francis has suffered an “isolated breathing crisis” in hospital which caused him to vomit but he was given non-invasive mechanical ventilation and responded well, the Vatican said, as the ...

Pope Francis’ health is showing some improvements. Nearly three weeks after being admitted to the hospital with double pneumonia, the pontiff of the Roman Catholic Church spoke publicly for the ...

The pontiff is responding to drug therapy and sepsis has not been detected. Pope Francis is responding to the drug therapy that was strengthened after the pneumonia was diagnosed earlier this week ...

Pope Francis, 88, has been hospitalised at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital since February 14, for a respiratory tract infection, which he had been fighting since early this month. The infection worsened ...

The Vatican has released the first picture of Pope Francis since the 88-year-old was admitted to hospital last month for double pneumonia. The picture, published on Sunday, shows Francis from ...

Pope Francis’s health has deteriorated over the past 24 four hours, the Vatican said, adding that the pontiff had suffered a “prolonged asthma-like respiratory crisis” and needed blood ...

Pope Francis’s condition remains critical but has shown a “slight improvement”, the Vatican has said in its latest update on the 88-year-old pontiff’s health. In a statement on Monday, the ...

Pope Francis on March 6 released a brief audio message expressing gratitude for the outpouring of prayers he has received during his three-week hospitalization for double pneumonia. "I thank you ...

Pope Francis is responding well to hospital treatment for double pneumonia and his doctors no longer fear for his life, the Vatican says. The Vatican added on Monday that the 88-year-old pontiff ...