Every year on Feb. 22, the Catholic Church celebrates the feast of the Chair of St. Peter, a tradition that dates back more ...

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As Pope Francis, the leader of the Catholic Church, remains hospitalised with double pneumonia, discussions about his ...

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Doctors on Friday said the 88-year-old Francis is "not out of danger" ​and that the main threat facing him would be the onset ...

The Vatican is carrying on with its Holy Year celebrations without the pope. Pope Francis remains hospitalized with pneumonia ...

Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, will not appear in public on Sunday to lead his usual ...

Pope Francis slept well and ate breakfast Wednesday, the Vatican said, after he developed pneumonia in both lungs in a ...

Pope Francis will remain in hospitalized following his pneumonia diagnosis and will not deliver the weekly Angelus prayer – ...

Doctors say Pope Francis receiving occasional supplemental oxygen, responding to strengthened drug therapy for pneumonia.