The 88-year-old Francis has pneumonia in both lungs and remains in critical condition despite showing a slight improvement ...

Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow time for mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

The Vatican has said that Pope Francis, who has been hospitalised and in critical condition with pneumonia in both lungs, was ...

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.

Despite hospitalization, Pope Francis stays devoted to refugees and peace as Cardinal Czerny visits Lebanon in his name ...

Upon the resignation or death of a pope, a group of clergy members known as the College of Cardinals would be called to ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis remained in critical condition Monday but showed slight improvement in laboratory tests and resumed ...

While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

If Pope Francis becomes incapacitated, a familiar face to North Texans will help run the church. During the period when there ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis remains in critical condition and blood tests show early kidney failure but he remains alert ...

Cardinal Kevin Farrell spend a decade as bishop of the Dallas Diocese. If something were to happen to the pope, Farrell's ...