Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...

Throughout Francis’ ill health, the Vatican has drawn comparisons with the latter years of Pope John Paul II. The Polish pope continued to lead the church despite a long period of illness ...

Pope Francis is making his first public appearance ... the first live appearance since Francis was admitted. Only St. John Paul II recorded a longer hospitalization in 1981 when he spent 55 ...