During his 38 days in hospital, the pope experienced four acute episodes of what the Vatican termed "respiratory crises", which involved severe coughi...
Francis has been described as being in a stable or improving condition for nearly two weeks, but the Vatican has not yet given a timeframe for his dis...
He was also the first pope to choose Francis as his name, thus honouring St. Francis of Assisi, a 13th-century mystic whose love for nature and the po...
According to reports, the pope is still receiving oxygen but has not suffered any further respiratory crises. A CT scan of his chest, performed on Tue...
Outside Gemelli hospital, people gathered to pray near a statue of the late Pope John Paul II, who was treated at the facility many times during his l...
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...
The Archbishop also lamented the violence and loss of life during the protests, characterising the clashes as "oppressors against the oppressed.
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