The pope's medical team had to decide whether to "stop and let him go or force it and try all the drugs and therapies possible." ...

“I find him very lively,’’ Dr. Sergio Alfieri said, after visiting the pope at his apartment in the Santa Marta Domus on Wednesday, three days after his release from Rome’s Gemelli hospital. “I ...

Dr. Sergio Alfieri told The Associated Press that the Pope was "very lively,’’ after visiting the pope at his apartment in the Santa Marta Domus on Wednesday, three days after his release from Rome’s ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis’ medical team briefly considered suspending treatment after a Feb. 28 breathing crisis but instead decided on an aggressive course that put his organs at risk, the doctor ...

The doctors who cared for Pope Francis during his health battle over the past few weeks at one point thought there might be no choice but to let him die.

Gemelli medical director Dr. Sergio Alfieri said Saturday that Francis will require at least two months of rest.

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“I find him very lively,’’ Dr. Sergio Alfieri said, after visiting the pope at his apartment in the Santa Marta Domus on Wednesday, three days after his release from Rome’s Gemelli hospital.

Pope Francis will be discharged on Sunday and has been advised to rest and avoid meeting with large groups, his medical team said.