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

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

Renewed interest in Vatican tradition on back of Conclave winning at the Baftas and updates on Pope Francis’ health ...

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

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

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

THE Pope wrote his resignation letter 12 years ago in case he became too ill to fulfil the holy role as he remains in a ...

The pope was admitted to hospital on February 14 where he is fighting a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia in both ...

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

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

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

Pope Francis is in critical but stable condition with double pneumonia. Despite his illness, he continues to work from the ...