The Vatican has laws to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but they don't apply if he is sick.

In his Angelus message delivered from Rome's Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis expressed gratitude to medical staff and called ...

The terse update comes as Pope Francis remains in critical condition following a respiratory crisis on Saturday that required ...

Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for more than a week, had a peaceful night which “passed quietly” after suffering ...

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ROME — Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday following a respiratory crisis ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis is still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen after doctors earlier said that the ...

Egypt's Suez Canal Authority chairman Osama Rabei said on Sunday that 47 ships have been rerouted from Cape of Good Hope to ...

After more than a week in the hospital, the Vatican announced Saturday that Pope Francis is in critical condition, and in more pain than he was previously in.

Pope Francis, in critical condition battling double pneumonia, had a "tranquil" night, was alert and had rested after a ...

The update to Francis’s condition came Sunday in the written text of his regular Angelus prayer after he had been listed as ...