The election of a new pope is a complex process involving hundreds of cardinals that can stretch up to weeks on end. But the ...

Pope Francis is on the mend, showing a slight improvement in his health, which has allowed him to welcome a visit from ...

A secret meeting, and echoes of Benedict’s exit, have heightened talk that Francis could resign, too. But the possibility is ...

Pope Francis was in critical but stable condition Tuesday as he worked from the hospital while battling double pneumonia, and ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

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

Entrusting the pope "to the powerful intercession of most holy Mary," the cardinal said, "may she sustain him in this time of ...

The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the ...

Pope Francis remains in “critical but stationary” condition, according to the medical report released by the Vatican this ...

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

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