Pope Francis

ROME — Doctors attending Pope Francis sought to reassure the world’s nearly 1.4 billion Catholics on Friday that “the pope is fine” and “working,” while at the same time warning that the pontiff would probably remain hospitalized for at least another week and remained in significant danger as he fights…

After a week in hospital with severe respiratory issues, Pope Francis, 88, has shown some improvement but is not out of danger, Sergio Alfieri, one of his doctors said in a press conference Friday. “Is he out of danger? No. But if the question is ‘is he in danger of death,’…

Pope Francis is not facing an immediate threat to his life, yet his condition remains a cause for concern, according to his medical team. According to Vatican News, the Pope is not “in danger of death,” but he’s also not fully “out of danger.” Dr Sergio Alfieri, the lead surgeon…

Pope Francis Pope Francis passed another peaceful night in hospital, “got up and had breakfast in his armchair”, the Vatican said Thursday, the day after reporting a slight improvement in his condition. The 88-year-old was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital last Friday with bronchitis, but it later developed into pneumonia…

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) -Pope Francis had breakfast on his seventh day in hospital, the Vatican said on Thursday in its latest update on his...Read More

VATICAN CITY (RNS) – Pope Francis’ bloodwork shows “slight improvement” after six days of antibiotic treatment for pneumonia in both lungs at the Gemelli hospital in Rome, according to a Vatican statement on Wednesday (Feb. 19). Earlier in the day, the Vatican spokesperson told journalists that the pope was occasionally…

Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia in hospital, is in a stable condition and has shown "slight improvement" in results from recent blood tests, the Vatican said. The 88-year-old pontiff is undergoing treatment at Rome's Gemelli hospital, where he was admitted on 14 February after struggling with breathing difficulties for several…

By Daniel Orton is an editor on the live news team at Newsweek, based in London, U.K. He was previously a video news editor at the company between 2017 and 2019, before spending several years as a senior video journalist on the social news team at The Wall Street Journal,…

Image Credit: Getty Images Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital in Rome, Italy, in February 2025 to combat an illness, sparking concern around the world over his health. Since the pope has battled a number of ailments over the years, his supporters are looking for an update on his…

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ respiratory tract infection is presenting a “complex clinical picture” that will require further hospitalization, the Vatican said Monday as concerns grew about the increasingly frail health of the 88-year-old pontiff. Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni said the results of tests conducted in recent days and Monday…