ROME (AP) — The recovery of Pope Francis from double pneumonia continued Wednesday as he inched toward notching some ...

The 88-year-old, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, is entering his fourth week at ...

The recovery of Pope Francis from double pneumonia continued Wednesday as he inched toward notching some important milestones ...

Pope Francis remained in the hospital on Saturday recovering from double pneumonia as the Vatican’s Holy Year proceeded ... Hospital on Feb. 14 after a week-long bout of bronchitis worsened.

The positive update for Francis followed a few bouts of respiratory crises last week. Doctors characterized the pope's prognosis ... celebrations of its Holy Year, the once-every-quarter-century ...

Francis, 88, was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14 after a week-long bout ... will preside over the Holy Year Mass on Sunday for the volunteers. The pope has been using high flows ...

The pope had a "good night" and continued physical therapy at Rome’s Gemelli hospital for his third week of treatment for double pneumonia, the Vatican said Thursday. "Today, the Holy Father ...

Now, with Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital ... ranking secretariat officials are Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Holy See’s Secretary of State, and Archbishop Edgar Peña Parra ...

The death of a pope, the spiritual leader of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics, propels the Holy Roman Church into ... get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox.

Each evening at 9 p.m., undeterred by a week of rainy weather ... when asked what was his message for the pope during this time: “Once I said to the Holy Father, ‘I am ready to give my ...

In past years, when Francis battled bronchitis and influenza in winter, he curbed his participation in Ash Wednesday and Holy Week events. These events require the pope to be outdoors in the cold ...