The pope's medical team had to decide whether to "stop and let him go or force it and try all the drugs and therapies possible." ...

“I find him very lively,’’ Dr. Sergio Alfieri said, after visiting the pope at his apartment in the Santa Marta Domus on Wednesday, three days after his release from Rome’s Gemelli hospital. “I ...

The doctors who cared for Pope Francis during his health battle over the past few weeks at one point thought there might be no choice but to let him die.

Pope Francis was discharged from a hospital in Rome on March 23 amid health concerns. The pontiff, who was wheeled out onto ...

The 88-year-old Pope Francis lifted his hands to wave to the crowd, who stood and applauded, as he was rolled to the front of ...

The 88-year-old pontiff will require at least two months of rest, rehabilitation and convalescence back at the Vatican during ...

“I find him very lively,’’ Dr. Sergio Alfieri said, after visiting the pope at his apartment in the Santa Marta Domus on Wednesday, three days after his release from Rome’s Gemelli hospital.

The 88-year-old pope’s physical presence at the Holy Week rites, as well as at the canonization of Carlo Acutis on April 27, ...

Gemelli Hospital medical director Dr. Sergio Alfieri announced Saturday that Pope Francis is expected to be discharged on Sunday. The Vatican also announced that the pontiff would appear publicly on ...

Pope Francis denounced the "appalling humanitarian catastrophe" in Sudan in Sunday's written Angelus prayer. It is the ...

Pope Francis will be discharged on Sunday and has been advised to rest and avoid meeting with large groups, his medical team said.