The 88-year-old pontiff had been battling severe pneumonia.

Pope Francis waved to hundreds of people gathered outside Rome's Gemelli hospital on Sunday as the pontiff left the hospital ...

The 88-year-old pope gave a thumbs up and acknowledged the crowd after he was wheeled out onto the balcony overlooking the ...

The medical staff looking after Pope Francis considered stopping his treatment so he could die, according to the lead doctor, ...

Pope Francis has returned home to the Vatican after he was hospitalized for five weeks with a life-threatening bout of ...

Surgeon Sergio Alfieri details critical moments in 38-day hospitalization that left the Vatican leader clinging to life ...

After 38 days in the hospital, some of those spent in critical condition, Pope Francis is returning to the Vatican.

Pope Francis was released from Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where he has been battling double pneumonia for the past five weeks, ...

"There was a real risk he might not make it," admitted Professor Sergio Alfieri from the Gemelli Polyclinic. In an interview ...

During his 38-day hospital stay for pneumonia, Pope Francis came so near to death that his physicians thought about stopping ...

Before leaving the hospital on Sunday, the 88-year-old pope smiled and waved at well-wishers gathered outside.