The 88-year-old Holy Father greeted approximately 70 men and women representing leadership and staff from the hospital.

Sergio Alfieri, a physician at Rome's Gemelli hospital, told Italy's Corriere della Sera in an interview published Tuesday that Feb. 28 was the "worst night" in the pope's five-week hospitalization.

As Roman Catholics around the world mourn the death of Pope Francis, who was hospitalized with a complex lung infection and ...

In his early 20s, Pope Francis had a severe respiratory infection that resulted in the removal of part of his lung, resulting in life-long complications.

Pope Francis made a surprise public appearance on Sunday, the first time the leader of the Catholic Church has been seen in ...

The Pontiff was admitted to Rome's Gemelli Hospital on February 14 having suffered a severe respiratory crisis at the Vatican. He was later diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs and was said to ...

He was admitted to Gemelli hospital on February 14 for a bout of bronchitis that developed into double pneumonia, an especially serious condition for him, as he had pleurisy as a young adult and ...

Pope Francis has arrived home at the Vatican after leaving the Gemelli University Hospital in Rome, shortly after making his ...

Pope Francis, who was released from Rome’s Gemelli hospital after five weeks, came so close to death that doctors weighed ending his treatment. Getty Images “In the end, we took this path ...

Pope Francis was released from the hospital Sunday and made a brief public appearance to thank a crowd of well-wishers. The 88-year-old pope spent 38 days in Rome’s Gemelli hospital, where he battled ...

Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he has been battling double pneumonia for the past five weeks, on Sunday, returning to the Vatican where he will continue his recovery.

(RNS) — It was a close call, but Francis’ emergence from Gemelli Hospital ensures that implementation of the Synod on Synodality's goals will outlast him. (RNS) — Just when it looked like ...