Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...

Cardinal Fernando Vérgez Alzaga, LC, president of the Governorate of Vatican City State and president of the Pontifical ...

Entrusting the pope "to the powerful intercession of most holy Mary," the cardinal said, "may she sustain him in this time of ...

Though hospitalized in critical condition, Pope Francis was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of state to ...

Pope Francis is resting as he continues his recovery from double pneumonia. But for the third weekend in a row, he's skipping ...

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Francis had appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa and layman Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi to ...

All indications suggest the 88-year-old pontiff has overcome the possible risks from a respiratory crisis last week. He is ...

Despite his hospital stay, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church. But what if his health continues to decline ...

The Vatican distributed a message from the pope in which he thanked his doctors for their care and well-wishers for their ...

The bishops’ spokesman also stressed that 'we are not in a pre-conclave period; far from it' and made an appeal to the people ...

Despite undergoing his longest hospitalization yet due to a complex respiratory infection and double pneumonia with an ...