In his early 20s, Pope Francis had a severe respiratory infection that resulted in the removal of part of his lung, resulting in life-long complications.

Pope Francis had been suffering from health issues in the weeks before his death, including a more than one-month stay in the ...

Pope Francis, who had part of his lung removed as a young man, recently spent several weeks hospital due to a respiratory ...

Pope Francis has died​ at the age of 88 following a number of health issues in recent years. Here's what we know about his ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell announced the pope’s death in a statement shared by the Vatican. He said, “At 7:35 this morning, the ...

Pope Francis previously spent about five weeks in the hospital with life-threatening respiratory ailments before he was ...

In 1969, he was ordained a priest by Archbishop Ramón José Castellano. Pope Francis was first admitted to Rome's Agostino ...

The pontiff has passed away. Learn more about him, his health struggles, the cause of death, and what his passing means for ...

Weeks after a lengthy hospital stay, Pope Francis died at 88 on Easter Monday. Now the search for a new pope begins. Has an American ever been pope?

Pope Francis passed away on Monday, April 21, after leading the Catholic Church for 12 years. The pontiff was struggling with ...

Unsurprisingly, the pope's death quickly joined the growing roster of events the long-running series is said to have ...