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

As the eyes of the world were on Rome, 40 deacons and their wives from the Archdiocese of Los Angeles were caught up in ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis remains in critical condition and blood tests show early kidney failure but he remains alert ...

Unlike most governments, the Catholic Church has no “No. 2” official designated to step in if a pope is unable to perform his ...

THE Vatican has issued a major health update on “critical” Pope Francis, saying there has been a slight improvement and that he has resumed some work activities. The Pontiff has spent ...

The Pope was admitted to Gemelli Hospital on Feb. 14 after struggling for several days with bronchitis. Over the weekend the ...

Pope Francis, 88, has been in critical condition since the weekend but showed improvement and resumed some work Monday, the ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday, the Vatican said. Blood tests show initial, slight insufficiency in his kidney function, but the 88-year-old pontiff remains alert and well-oriented ...

Francis, 88, had remained in critical condition throughout the weekend after severe breathing difficulties were reported.

On February 24, prayers for Pope Francis continued at Gemelli Hospital, where the Holy Father remains hospitalized. In the St ...

Pope Francis' doctors "are prudently maintaining their cautious prognosis" as the pontiff's condition of respiratory and ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- "Being ordained is not an ascent but a descent, whereby we make ourselves small, lower ourselves and ...