Pope Francis pneumonia Stories

An old Italian saying warns against putting faith, or money, in any presumed front-runner ahead of the conclave, the closed-door gathering of cardinal...

Crowds began streaming into the venue long before dawn, with many spending the entire night in the cold, unrelenting downpour.

Francis, who has been in Rome's Gemelli Hospital since February 14, had what the Vatican described as two episodes of "acute respiratory insufficiency...

Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on February 14 with severe respiratory problems that swiftly degenerated into double pneumonia.

The Vatican said on Monday that doctors had changed the pope's drug therapy for the second time during his hospital stay to tackle a "complex clinical...