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

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

The death of a sitting pope initiates a profound period of mourning and transition within the Roman Catholic Church, marked ...

Pope Francis had a quiet night in hospital, the Vatican said on Sunday (Feb 23), the morning after revealing the 88-year-old ...

According to the Vatican, Pope Francis is in critical condition after experiencing a respiratory crisis and needing high-flow ...

A lawyer for Luigi Mangione, the man accused of fatally gunning down U.S. health insurance executive Brian Thompson in ...

If Pope Francis steps down from the position, it's important to understand the age-old process by which the Catholic Church selects a new leader.

Pope Francis is in a critical condition at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, raising concerns about the Vatican's leadership and the ...

Pope Francis’s condition “continues to be critical”, the Vatican said yesterday, saying the 88-year-old was alert but had suffered a ...

The Vatican reports that Pope Francis is in critical condition after experiencing a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis is in critical condition after he suffered a long asthmatic respiratory crisis that required ...

The pope had on Saturday suffered a prolonged respiratory attack and required blood transfusions, the Vatican said that ...