What happens when a pope is incapacitated? Is he still pope? Pope Francis' age and prolonged illness have raised questions about whether he might resign, and revived interest about how papal power is ...

Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday following a respiratory crisis and ...

Pope Francis returned to social media more than a week after he was hospitalized and diagnosed with double pneumonia, and ...

Catholics from across Argentina have flocked to churches to pray for the recovery of native son Pope Francis, the first Latin ...

Pope Francis' health remains delicate, with the Vatican recently confirming that he is undergoing additional pharmacological ...

Francis, 88, is in critical condition at a Rome hospital with a complex lung infection. The Vatican said he was "alert and ...

The eyes of millions around the world are on Pope Francis who is reported to be in critical condition. Pope Francis has been ...

Rome – Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday and blood tests showed early kidney failure but he remains alert, ...

Pope Francis rested overnight in the hospital, the Vatican said earlier Sunday, adding that his night "passed peacefully." ...

It was often difficult to square my belief in the office of the papacy with the apparent weaknesses of the man in St. Peter's Chair.

Though the pope remained critical on Sunday, he “presented no further respiratory crisis” the Vatican said. Pope Francis remains in critical condition as he receives treatment for double pneumonia and ...