Pope Francis "rested well" during his 11th night in hospital in Rome, the Holy See said on Tuesday. Despite a slightly ...

The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...

Despite undergoing his longest hospitalization yet due to a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia with an ...

Pope Francis met with the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Monday as he rested comfortably ...

Despite his hospital stay, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church. But what if his health continues to decline ...

Pope Francis revealed during a 2022 interview that he signed a letter of resignation to be used in case of health issues ...

Pope Francis, hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of state and his deputy to approve new decrees for saints and call a formal ...

Health professionals, patients, family members and members of the board of the foundation that oversees Rome’s Gemelli ...

Pope Francis’s “clinical condition remains critical but stable” and the “prognosis remains guarded,” the Vatican’s evening ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition as the Vatican called senior church officials in Rome to a special saying of the ...