If the last few days are any guide, the 88-year-old will likely follow the Vatican’s spiritual retreat remotely while his ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Czerny then returns on Sunday to celebrate the Holy Year Mass for ... Additionally, The Pope had episodes of acute respiratory failure earlier this week and underwent bronchoscopies to suction ...

PHOTOS: Pope Francis rests in hospital as Vatican and Holy Year marches on without him ... Francis had episodes of acute respiratory failure earlier this week and underwent bronchoscopies to ...

This includes Vice President JD Vance, who offered a prayer for the pope during last month’s National Prayer Breakfast. "Every day me and my children have said a prayer for the Holy Father ...