The First Crusade was one of the most extraordinary, bloody and significant episodes in medieval history. It began with an appeal for aid from the Christian Byzantine Empire, threatened by the rising ...

October 13: Rents are cut in half as Cuba's Urban Reform Act takes effect ... November 19: Castro visits the Vatican. Pope John Paul II reciprocates by agreeing to visit Cuba.

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 ...

“I don’t have a precise date (for his release).” A woman touches a flower in front of a statue of the late Pope John Paul II outside the Gemelli Hospital Credit: Reuters The later statement ...

Pope Francis asked an aide to complete his speech after having trouble breathing during a Mass he led at the Vatican on Sunday. As part of the Catholic Church's traditional "Jubilee" year ...

"The clinical condition is fair," the Vatican said in an update. LONDON and ROME -- Pope Francis was admitted to a hospital on Friday for "necessary tests" and to continue his ongoing bronchitis ...

Gemelli hospital, Rome's largest, has a special suite for treating popes, and is known especially for often treating the late Pope John Paul II during his long papacy. Francis spent nine days at ...

The Pope is stable in hospital with a slight fever after he was admitted for bronchitis treatment, the Vatican has said. After daily audiences he was taken to Rome's Gemelli Polyclinic ...

which features a statue of the late Pope John Paul II Credit: Ciro De Luca/Reuters On Sunday, Matteo Bruni, a Vatican spokesman, had said the pontiff was “in good spirits” and had had a ...

ROME — Pope Francis’ respiratory tract infection is presenting a “complex clinical picture” that will require further hospitalization, the Vatican said Monday as concerns grew about the ...