When Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign in 600 years it sent shockwaves through the Catholic Church. Now, after ...

With Pope Francis entering his fourth week in hospital, those working in the Apostolic Palace are grappling with the ...

Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

Pope Emeritus Benedict stepped down from the papacy, making him the first one to take such a step in six centuries. This ...

Pope Francis has entered his fourth week in the hospital with double pneumonia. Francis has increasingly handed off his ...

Over the weekend, the Vatican announced serious complications in the recovery of Pope Francis. The 88-year-old pontiff, who ...

For more than two weeks, eyes have been on the Vatican, awaiting news about Pope Francis' health. The pope has been at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb. 14, 2025, being treated for double pneumonia ...

Pope Benedict XVI waves to well-wishers in the penultimate day of his ... which indeed may be nothing more than a meeting to ...

Gandhi’s Scant Garb Bars Audience with Pope.” So read the headline of a New York Times report, from December 13, 1931, that ...

Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

When Benedict XVI became the first pope to resign ... the speculation in the Vatican is whether his successor Pope Francis might do the same. “I think the only circumstances under which he ...