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

Pope Francis is in critical condition with a complex lung infection and anemia, receiving treatment in a Rome hospital.

Francis, 88, had remained in critical condition throughout the weekend after severe breathing difficulties were reported.

Pope Francis is being treated for double pneumonia and recent blood tests also revealed "mild renal insufficiency." ...

Monday marks Pope Francis’ 10th day in the hospital, making this equal to the longest hospitalization of his papacy.

Francis is being treated for pneumonia, a complex infection and kidney problems that have left him in critical condition.

Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia, remains in a critical condition for a second day running and has shown an "initial, ...

Pope Francis remains in critical condition and he continues to receive supplemental oxygen, but he has not experienced any ...

Pope Francis was listed in critical condition Saturday. A report in the Associated Press revealed the pope suffered a long ...

Doctors say Pope Francis is still in critical condition on the 10th day of his hospitalisation for a complex lung infection.

Pope Francis was conscious, eating and in “good spirit,” a Vatican source said Monday, as worries persisted around the ...

Pope Francis remains in critical condition, with blood tests showing mild signs of kidney failure “which is currently under ...