Pope Francis is alert after suffering two episodes of "acute respiratory failure" on Monday afternoon, the Vatican has said. Doctors were forced to intervene to clear mucus from the Pope's lungs, an ...

The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalised since 14 February with pneumonia in both lungs and breathing difficulties. View ...

Follow the latest updates on the Pope's health after his condition worsened in hospital following two respiratory crises.

Pope Francis experienced more respiratory problems and went on noninvasive ventilation on Monday, the Vatican said, as the ...

Francis suffered the two crises Monday. Doctors extracted “copious” amounts of mucus that had accumulated in his lungs, the ...

ROME -- Pope Francis rested early Tuesday after he suffered further setbacks in his fight against double pneumonia: two new acute respiratory crises that required him to resume using noninvasive ...

Pope Francis rested well overnight, the Vatican said on Tuesday, after the 88-year-old pontiff suffered a setback a day ...

Doctors in Rome are still treating Pope Francis for double pneumonia. The Vatican says he suffered two new acute respiratory ...

Nearly a decade after Pope Francis plucked them from a refugee camp in Greece, a Syrian couple and their child have carved out a quiet life in suburban Rome ...

ROME — Pope Francis was in stable condition and resting on Sunday as he continued his recovery from double pneumonia, but ...

Francis, who has been in Rome's Gemelli Hospital since February 14, is again receiving "non-invasive, mechanical ventilation" ...

The pope has been undergoing treatment for double pneumonia and a complex infection in a Rome hospital, and his condition has ...