Pope Francis has come down with a serious illness that could potentially force him to resign, but who would succeed him?

The pope was admitted to hospital on February 14 where he is fighting a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia in both ...

Candles with pictures of Pope Francis are laid under the statue of late Pope John Paul II outside Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome.

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

Pope Francis' recent bout with pneumonia, which landed him in the hospital for the fourth time, fueled speculation in Rome.

Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...

Following Tuesday's statement that Pope Francis had been diagnosed with double pneumonia, the Vatican said his blood tests ...

American prelate, an exploding battleship, and the Roman Question all fed into Pope Leo XIII's decision to publish his 1899 ...

A priest for the archdiocese who served almost his entire active priestly ministry on the faculty of St. John Seminary, Father Mark L. Noonan died at Regina Cleri Residence, Boston, on Feb. 9, 2025. T ...

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Pope Francis’ medical team says the pontiff's condition isn’t life-threatening. But they said Friday that Francis isn't out ...

The Vatican says that Pope Francis’ clinical condition is “improving slightly,” adding that he went about his work activities ...