The pope has met twice in hospital with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican's number two official, to discuss pending matters. The Vatican has said the meetings are "audiences", the official term for an encounter with the leader of the 1.4-billion-member Catholic Church, no matter where the pontiff is.

Pope Francis had a “peaceful” 21st night in Rome’s Gemelli Hospital and “is still resting,” the Vatican said at 8:15 a.m., March 6.

ROME -- ROME (AP) — Pope Francis was up and receiving therapy on Monday after apparently overcoming a setback in his recovery from pneumonia. The Vatican said he is stable, off mechanical ventilation and is showing no sign of new infection following a respiratory crisis late last week.

Preoperative use of GLP-1 receptor agonists was not significantly associated with short-term postoperative aspiration pneumonia, according to a retrospective cohort study. Among over 366,000 patients who underwent one of 14 common surgical procedures,

The pope was admitted to Rome’s Gemelli hospital on February 14 after experiencing difficulty breathing for several days and subsequently had pneumonia diagnosed in both lungs.

ROME - Pope Francis, who is being treated in hospital for double pneumonia, is not in danger of death, but has not been fully curedand his condition could yet change, one of his doctors said on Friday. "Is he out of danger? No. But if the question is 'is ...

Pope Francis has suffered a serious setback in his two-week battle with double pneumonia. Newsweek's live blog is closed.

Aug. 6, 2024 — An AI-based analysis of over 2 million hospital visits has found that most of the time, a pneumonia diagnosis made in the hospital will change from a patient's entrance to their ...

Pope Francis was up and receiving therapy on Monday after apparently overcoming a setback in his recovery from pneumonia.