Pope Francis is sitting upright and receiving therapy for double pneumonia while he remains in critical condition.

He had been hospitalized briefly for treatment for pneumonia earlier that year. As a young man in his home country of Argentina, Francis had part of one lung removed following a pulmonary ...

Pope Francis 's long-awaited visit to Argentina, his homeland, appears increasingly unlikely as he battles double pneumonia.

Unlike his predecessors, Pope Francis has never returned to his homeland, Argentina, since assuming office in 2013.

He was subsequently diagnosed with pneumonia in both lungs after a later CT scan. Francis, who is from Argentina, has a ...

Catholic faithful in Argentina prayed for Pope Francis’ health during an Ash Wednesday Mass in the Buenos Aires neighbourhood where Jorge Bergoglio grew up. Francis, 88, has been hospitalised for 20 ...

In Argentina, the Buenos Aires Archdiocese scheduled ... Francis is being treated for double pneumonia and has been receiving high-flow oxygen since experiencing an "asthma-like respiratory ...

(AP Photo/Paolo Santalucia) Sebastian Padrón, from La Plata, Argentina, poses in his ice cream in Rome ... shops and artisans ...

ROME — Pope Francis has shown further slight improvement as he battles double pneumonia, but doctors said Wednesday his prognosis is still guarded. A chest CT scan taken Tuesday evening showed ...

Guillermo Marco, former spokesman for the pope when he was Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio in Buenos Aires, told Reuters it had been ...