The head of Pope Francis' medical team says there was a crisis during the pontiff's battle with pneumonia so dire, they ...

In an interview, the leader of Pope Francis’s medical team called it “a miracle” that the 88-year-old pontiff left the ...

The 88-year-old pope’s most dire moment came back on Feb. 28 when he nearly choked on his vomit after being hospitalized for ...

In an interview with Corriere della Sera, the leading Italian daily, Dr. Alfieri revealed much of what happened to the pope ...

After 38 days in the hospital, Pope Francis returned to the Vatican, but his medical team have said he will need two months ...

Dr. Sergio Alfieri said the 88-year-old pontiff and people close to him alike understood “that he might not survive the night ...

Doctors taking care of Pope Francis weighed ending their treatment at one point as there “was a risk that he would not make ...

The medical staff looking after Pope Francis considered ending his treatment so he could die, according to the doctor who led ...

Pope Francis came so close to death at one point during his 38-day fight in hospital against pneumonia that his doctors ...

For days, we were risking damage to his kidneys and bone marrow, but we went ahead, and his body responded to the drugs and ...

Pope Francis will be released from the hospital on Sunday, his doctors have said, after 38 days battling a life-threatening ...

Pope Francis’ medical team briefly considered suspending treatment after a Feb. 28 breathing crisis but instead decided on an ...