Weeks after Francis came close to death, his gradual improvement was a relief to his doctors and the Roman Catholic faithful. Dr. Alfieri said that when the treatment started working and the pope ...

VATICAN CITY, March 25 (Reuters) - Pope Francis came so close to death at one point during his 38-day fight in hospital against pneumonia that his doctors considered ending treatment so he could ...

It was Francis himself who chose to persevere ... But just three days later, on March 3, a second life-and-death crisis occurred, when the pope suffered two separate incidents of respiratory ...

The pope's official nurse pleaded with doctors to ensure that they did not stop his treatment despite significant risks.