The biggest risk he faces is sepsis, that is, if the infection that is currently localized only in his lungs passes into his ...

Pneumonia in both lungs is treatable, but it can be life-threatening in elderly patients like the 88-year-old pontiff.

Discovered on accident in Rimini, Italy, this surgeon’s house and the hooks, scalpels, and mortars inside have expanded what ...

As the pope enters his second week in a Rome hospital with a lung infection, his physicians said his condition was critical ...

Pope Francis’ medical team says the pontiff's condition isn’t life-threatening. But they said Friday that Francis isn't out ...

Is the pope out of danger? No. Both doors are open. Is he at risk of immediate death? No. The therapy needs time to work,” Sergio Alfieri, a surgeon who has operated on the pope in the past, said ...

The suddenness of Mount Vesuvius's eruption, has given us an incomparable look into Roman life 2,000 years ago.

Found beneath an older tomb near Tarquinia, the painted chamber depicts several intricate scenes, including a metallurgical ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 as the feast day of a St. Valentine, who had been martyred about 200 years ...