There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to ...

The Vatican, though, made alternative plans for Ash Wednesday next week, making clear Francis still had a long road ahead.

The Vatican said doctors had to put him on noninvasive mechanical ventilation following a coughing fit in which he inhaled ...

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The Vatican said Francis, 88, who has been hospitalized for pneumonia, was responding well to treatment and that it was too ...

Pope Francis was resting Saturday after an alarming setback in his two-week recovery from double pneumonia: Doctors had to ...

Pope Francis suffered an isolated coughing fit on Friday that resulted in him inhaling vomit and requiring non-invasive ...

Doctors said it would take a day or two to evaluate how and if the Friday afternoon episode impacted Francis’s overall ...

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Following the episode, the pope began non-invasive ventilation and was responding well, according to the Vatican.