The 88-year-old pontiff had been battling severe pneumonia.

The 88-year-old pope gave a thumbs up and acknowledged the crowd after he was wheeled out onto the balcony overlooking the ...

The medical staff looking after Pope Francis considered stopping his treatment so he could die, according to the lead doctor, ...

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

Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican after he was hospitalized for five weeks with a life-threatening bout of ...

After 38 days in the hospital, some of those spent in critical condition, Pope Francis is returning to the Vatican.

Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he has been battling double pneumonia for the past five weeks, ...

"There was a real risk he might not make it," admitted Professor Sergio Alfieri from the Gemelli Polyclinic. In an interview ...

During his 38-day hospital stay for pneumonia, Pope Francis came so near to death that his physicians thought about stopping ...

Surgeon Sergio Alfieri details critical moments in 38-day hospitalization that left the Vatican leader clinging to life ...

The 88-year-old made his first public appearance in five weeks at the hospital on Sunday after surviving a life-threatening ...