The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses uncomfortable, unanswered questions about Vatican decision-making.

There has long been a Vatican taboo against openly talking about a conclave when a pope is sick: It’s considered gauche to speculate about the election of a new pope while the current one is fighting for his life.

Pope Francis’ complex respiratory infection isn't life-threatening but he's not out of danger, his medical team said Friday, as the 88-year-old pontiff marked his first week in the hospital battling pneumonia in both lungs — along with bacterial,

As Pope Francis continues to show improvement in his battle against double pneumonia and other issues, the outpouring of support from Tampa and around the world continues to grow.

Pope Francis’s appeal stems from his leadership on what the Catholic Church calls 'synodality,' said Canadian Cardinal Michael Czerny, an approach that invites more voices into church decision-making.

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The pope is receiving occasional supplements of oxygen when he needs it and is responding to the strengthened drug therapy he is receiving, they said.

Catholics around the world are thinking of Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for more than two weeks with a severe lung infection. That health battle is weighing especially heavy on a Denton County family whose son was blessed by the Pope at the Vatican as a baby.

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in laboratory tests and resumed some work activities, the Vatican said Monday.

For those who recognize Christ as the savior, death is not an end or a form of "annihilation," Pope Francis wrote in his general audience catechesis. It is a kind of "sister" that introduces the faithful departed to true life.