VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...

Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital in Rome in February 2025, where he battled multiple health issues. Get the latest ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis experienced “an asthmatic respiratory crisis of prolonged magnitude, which also required ...

The Pope is suffering from kidney failure, pneumonia and an infection in both lungs after he was admitted to Rome's Gemelli ...

The pope's health has improved slightly though he remains critically ill, the Vatican reported on Monday. He has not suffered ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement and resumed some work activities ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, will lead a public recitation of the rosary at 9 p.m. Feb. 24 in St.

The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, will lead the first prayer Monday. Francis, who has double pneumonia and is in ...

The pope has begun working again after he showed slight improvement days after initially being listed in critical condition.

Pope Francis is still receiving supplemental oxygen, and the Vatican said he received the Eucharist Monday morning and resumed working in the afternoon.

Francis was also given blood transfusions, according to the Vatican, after blood tests revealed he was suffering from ...