The Vatican says Pope Francis suffered a coughing fit that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive ...

Faithful and visitors at the Vatican's Saint Peter's Square were concerned on Friday following news of an "isolated breathing ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

The Vatican said Francis, 88, who has been hospitalized for pneumonia, was responding well to treatment and that it was too ...

The setback comes on the eve of two full weeks of hospitalization and casts uncertainty on the pope's recovery.

The Vatican reported Friday that he experienced sudden breathing problems that required “non-invasive mechanical ventilation” ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...