President-elect Donald Trump has appointed Robert F. Kennedy Jr., an environmental attorney and noted anti-vaccine advocate, ...

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Pope Francis has developed bilateral pneumonia, the Vatican announced Tuesday, marking the latest health setback for the 88-year-old pontiff. The new diagnosis, which means the pneumonia is in ...

ROME — Doctors said Monday that Pope Francis is no longer in imminent danger of death as a result of pneumonia that has kept him hospitalized for nearly a month, but have decided to keep him ...

MANILA, Philippines — Catholics worldwide have started to worry as Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday, with blood tests showing early kidney failure. But he remains alert and ...

Vatican City — Pope Francis remained in critical but stable condition Tuesday evening, with his blood parameters remaining stable as he works from the hospital while battling double pneumonia ...

Amid the Vatican’s statement that Pope Francis remains hospitalized in critical condition with respiratory issues, the pontiff returned to social media Sunday to thank the world for its support.

Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for over a week, is in critical condition after a "prolonged asthma-like respiratory crisis," the Vatican said Saturday. The pope is "more unwell than ...

Pope Francis, the head of the Catholic Church, suffered an 'isolated' breathing crisis, the Vatican said today. Francis, 88, has been in Rome's Gemelli hospital for two weeks, after being ...

Pope Francis was admitted on Friday with a respiratory infection. The announcement on Monday did not provide further detail, but raised fresh concerns about the pontiff’s health. By Elisabetta ...

As Pope Francis, the oldest pope in over a century, continues to decline in health, speculation is percolating as to who will next be elected as the most powerful Catholic in the world. The 88 ...

Pope Francis is sick with a polymicrobial infection of the respiratory tract, the Vatican said Monday. The pope, 88, was diagnosed following testing “carried out over the past few days,” the ...