Francis was elected on March 13, 2013 as the 266th pontiff — and the Catholic Church’s first Latin American pope.

From the hushed prayers in a hospital chapel to the flickering candles outside Gemelli Hospital, Pope Francis' ...

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Doctors have said Pope Francis is making slow, gradual improvements and this week declared that he's no longer in imminent ...

As Pope Francis remains hospitalized at the Gemelli Hospital in Rome, Italian prisoners are praying for his recovery, ...

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The pope has been hospitalized for weeks as he battles a complex lung infection that caused many to fear he was close to ...

Though his condition had improved, he will remain in the hospital for further treatment, the Vatican said in a statement.

The 88-year-old, who has chronic lung disease and had part of a lung removed as a young man, had what was just a bad case of ...

The Argentine pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man, has remained in stable ...

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The Vatican says Pope Francis is responding well to therapy for double pneumonia and has shown a “gradual, slight improvement ...