The Vatican has laws to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but they don't apply if he is sick.

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

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

Pope Francis was placed in “critical condition” on Saturday, the Vatican said, just four days after the religious leader ...

The 88-year-old pontiff, who has been hospitalized for more than a week, had a restful night after receiving oxygen and a ...

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

The Vatican said Francis, who has pneumonia in both lungs and had part of one lung removed as a young man, was still ...

Pope Francis has asked people to pray for him as the head of the Catholic Church continues to receive oxygen. Vatican sources ...

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

Rome – Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday and blood tests showed early kidney failure but he remains alert, ...

The Vatican said Francis hadn't had any more respiratory crises since Saturday night but was still receiving high flows of ...