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

ROME -- Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old ...

Francis was admitted to Rome's Gemelli hospital on Feb. 14 after a case of bronchitis worsened; doctors later diagnosed a ...

Still, Francis' hospital stay is raising obvious questions about what happens if he loses consciousness for a prolonged ...

Pope Benedict XVI ’s resignation in 2013 marked a historic moment for the Catholic Church, making him the first pontiff in nearly 600 years to step down (the last was Gregory XII in 1415).

Pope Francis’ overall clinical condition is “improving slightly” and his heart is working well as he battles pneumonia, the ...

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

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

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

Such questions would have been unheard of prior to 2013, when Pope Benedict XVI resigned, becoming the first papal resignation in over 600 years. Francis revealed during the 2022 interview that he ...

Pope Francis shared a message on social media Sunday as he remained hospitalized in critical condition with a complex lung ...