Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...
The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...
As Pope Francis remains hospitalized, speculation intensifies over who could be the next leader of the Catholic Church ...
Pope Francis on Monday received a visit from Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the Substitute for ...
Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for 10 days now, is critical with mild signs of kidney failure. There is growing ...
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 Pope wrote his resignation letter 12 years ago in case he became too ill to fulfil the holy role as he remains in a ...
Pope Francis remains in “critical but stationary” condition, according to the medical report released by the Vatican this ...
The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the ...