Here are highlights of the longest hospital stay of Pope Francis' 12-year papacy, based on details provided by the Vatican.

From a balcony, Francis greeted hundreds of people waiting outside the hospital where he had been treated for respiratory ...

Pope Francis was hospitalized on Feb. 14, after suffering a bout of bronchitis for weeks and after increasingly finding it ...

The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized for six weeks with pneumonia in both lungs. He will need to rest in the Vatican ...

As Pope Francis returns to the Vatican, a timeline of his longest hospital stay - Pope Francis was first hospitalised on Feb.

For several weeks, Pope Francis was in critical condition, as a result of the pneumonia. Doctors said he experienced an ...

Pope Francis returned home on Sunday to the Vatican from the hospital after a five-week, life-threatening bout of pneumonia.