While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

The Catholic Church has entered a year of sweeping changes in the Roman Curia and cardinalate both at the Vatican and around ...

Unclear if Pope Francis is awake after diagnosis of kidney failure - Cardinal says 88-year-old pontiff is ‘probably close to ...

Pope Francis, 88, was resting Monday morning, his 10th day at the hospital for a complex lung infection that led to the early ...

Pope Francis’s condition remained “critical” the evening of Feb. 23, his doctors said, with blood tests showing “initial, ...

The pontiff's condition is touch-and-go, given his age, fragility and pre-existing lung disease, according to doctors.

Francis is being treated for pneumonia, a complex infection and kidney problems that have left him in critical condition.

Pope Francis, hospitalised in critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, spent a peaceful night and was "resting" ...

Monday marks Pope Francis’ 10th day in the hospital, making this equal to the longest hospitalization of his papacy.

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday and blood tests showed early kidney failure but he remains alert, responsive and attended Mass, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff battles ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis is "resting" on Monday morning after spending his 10th night in the hospital, the Vatican ...