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 ...

In a late update on Sunday, the Vatican said Francis hadn't had any more respiratory crises since Saturday night but was ...

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

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

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 ...

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

Over the weekend the Vatican said the Holy Father had suffered a respiratory crisis and required a blood transfusion.

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 ...