Cardinal Farrell, Dallas' former bishop, oversees Vatican affairs as Camerlengo following Pope Francis' health crisis.

When a pope dies, after the camerlengo certifies the passing, the pope's ring is removed and destroyed to mark the end of his ...

ROME — With interest in a papal elections high thanks to the Oscar-nominated film “Conclave, ” Pope Francis threw a wrench Thursday in some of the speculation about a future Sistine Chapel vote by ...

Pope Francis is currently receiving care at Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, Italy, where he was transferred on Friday for treatment of bronchitis after a dip in his health. The pontiff was diagnosed with ...

Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...