Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...

The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

As Pope Francis, 88, remains in hospital battling pneumonia the Mirror has taken a look at what his tenure has done for the ...

Despite his hospitalization, the pope has maintained a degree of governance and authorized the appointment of four new ...

The Vatican has set in motion nightly prayers for Pope Francis in the hope that he might recover and get back to leading the ...

ROME — Another woman is taking over a top management job in the Vatican : Sister Raffaella Petrini, an Italian nun, was named Saturday as president of the Vatican City State, making her essentially ...

Vatican secretary of state Cardinal Parolin ... to take charge of the Roman Catholic Church. 'Francis, the city prays for you,' were projected on to the Obelisco, Buenos Aires' most iconic ...

Pope Francis suffered a bronchial spasm on Friday that resulted in him breathing in vomit, requiring non-invasive ...

From Vatican City to the Queen City, prayers are being said for the recovery of Pope Francis, who is currently in critical ...