Pope Francis, who is currently hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, convened a consistory in preparation for upcoming ...

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

With Pope Francis still in critical condition, some may ask what happens when the Holy See becomes sede vacante after the ...

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

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

Pope Francis remains critical but is stable, Vatican says - The 88-year-old pontiff undergoes CAT scan to check his lung ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with ...

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

Such questions would have been unheard of prior to 2013, when Pope Benedict XVI resigned ... As Francis continued his hospitalization in Rome on Sunday, he shared a message thanking those who ...

Pope Francis marked the one-week point Friday in his hospital stay, getting up to eat breakfast as the 88-year-old pontiff ...