Pope Francis spends part of his days at his desk working and concelebrates Mass daily in his private chapel, the Vatican said ...

Pope Francis has shown “a truly surprising improvement” since returning to the Vatican to convalesce after surviving a ...

The head of Pope Francis' medical team says there was a crisis during the pontiff's battle with pneumonia so dire, they ...

The doctors who cared for Pope Francis during his health battle over the past few weeks at one point thought there might be ...

Dr. Sergio Alfieri said the 88-year-old pontiff and people close to him alike understood “that he might not survive the night ...

After a breathing crisis on February 28 that involved Francis nearly choking on his vomit, "there was a real risk he might not make it," said Sergio Alfieri, a physician at Rome's Gemelli hospital.

For Pope Francis' medical team at Rome's Gemelli hospital, Feb. 28 was the worst day, said Dr. Sergio Alfieri, the ...

Professor Sergio Alfieri, the lead doctor who cared for the 88-year-old pope, said the moment was on Feb. 28, when Francis ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis came so close to death at one point during his 38-day fight in hospital against pneumonia that his doctors considered ending treatment so he could die in peace, ...

During the past five weeks, he presented "two very critical episodes" where his "life was in danger", Dr Sergio Alfieri, one of the doctors treating the Pope, said. Pope Francis was never ...