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

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 pope has spent nine nights at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, receiving treatment for pneumonia and other health complications.

The kidney ailment appears to be in an early stage, the Vatican said, adding that the pontiff is still receiving high flows ...

The Rev. Michael Duffy, the rector at St. Agnes, the seat of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, addressed the pope’s condition ...

Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for more than a week, remains in “critical” condition and developed an “asthmatic ...

The announcement on Saturday evening indicated that Francis’ medical condition had become more complicated since an update ...

While other Vatican operations proceeded as normal, the cancellations put a damper on upcoming events of the Vatican’s Holy ...

Pope Francis, the current head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State, is currently under critical ...

The pontiff's condition “remains critical,” the Holy See Press Office says in a statement issued Sunday evening.