A frail Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday after a five-week hospitalization for life-threatening double pneumonia, and he made a surprise stop at his favorite basilica on the way home ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Pope Francis gestures as he appears at a window of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Sunday, March 23 ...

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Pope Francis' condition continued to improve Wednesday and he hasn't needed to use the mechanical ventilation mask to help him breathe, the Vatican said in signalling further progress in his ...

Pope Francis is now on his 35th day in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, in stable condition and slowly but surely recovering from pneumonia in both lungs, as his doctors confirmed yesterday, March 19 ...

Pope Francis is no longer using mechanical ventilation ... Read morePope seen in photo for first time since admitted to hospital The press office later cautioned, however, that suspension of ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis ’ condition continued to improve Wednesday and he hasn’t needed to use the mechanical ventilation mask to help him breathe, the Vatican said in signaling further ...

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LONDON (AP) — King Charles III is scheduled to have an audience with Pope Francis during a state visit next month to the Vatican, suggesting the Holy See is optimistic the pontiff will be back ...

The Vatican said the photo was taken on Sunday, when the pope celebrated Mass with other priests in the chapel. In its latest medical update, issued on Saturday, the Vatican said Francis was gradually ...