Pope sleeping with ventilation mask after latest health crisis - Catholics are preparing for Lent without Francis as his ...

Vatican City - Pope Francis has suspended the use of an oxygen mask, the Vatican said on Wednesday, adding that the 88-year-old's clinical condition was "improving" after more than one month in the ...

The combination of health issues has kept the Pope from performing his public duties, including weekly prayers on Sundays, but his doctors have recently said he is alert, joking, and continuing to ...