Francis has sought to normalize the papacy with his informal style and disdain for pomp while still wielding the awesome ...

Indeed, while the course of action was grueling for the 88-year-old ... Pope Francis’ manner during his lengthy stay in the hospital, adding, “Of course he was a very cooperative patient.” ...

A Weak Pope ... Francis has managed his five-week hospitalization for pneumonia has followed that same playbook: He has allowed the public to follow the very normal ups and downs of an 88-year-old ...

Pope Francis ... old but especially older ones, you need time for it to come back as it was.” The Argentine pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed as a young man ...

The 88-year-old pontiff has been battling ... Carbone said the pope was very happy to be going home. Earlier Saturday, the Vatican said that Francis will make his first public appearance in ...

Pope Francis is recovering well from pneumonia and that a “new stage” in his pontificate would open, two of his closest advisers said Friday, offering notes of optimism as the 88-year-old ...

ROME, Italy — A frail Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Sunday ... two months of prescribed rest and recovery. The 88-year-old pope sat in the front passenger seat of his white Fiat ...