"Yes," he responded, "because he was always alert. Even when his condition worsened, he was fully conscious. That night was ...

"There was a real risk he might not make it," admitted Professor Sergio Alfieri from the Gemelli Polyclinic. In an interview ...

After Pope Francis returned home from the hospital following a near-fatal double-pneumonia diagnosis, his doctors detailed his five-week treatment—including the moment they thought he might die.

Pope Francis came close to death during a severe respiratory crisis in February, when doctors considered stopping treatment, ...

The royal couple will still travel to Italy in April with some changes to their schedule King Charles and Queen Camilla won't ...

Pope Francis was so close to death during his weeks-long hospital stint that doctors considered ending his pneumonia ...

The doctors who cared for Pope Francis during his life-threatening health battle over the past few weeks at one point thought ...

After five weeks in the hospital, Pope Francis has been released and is back at the Vatican, but new reports indicate doctors almost ended his treatment so he could die peacefully. Sergio Alfieri, a ...

Pope Francis is recovering at the Vatican under 24-hour medical care, receiving ongoing respiratory and speech therapy, with ...

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

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