The Vatican says Pope Francis has continued making decisions and is improving, but his two-week hospital stay poses ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis remained in critical but stable condition Tuesday, with his blood parameters remaining stable as he ...

Pope Francis is on the mend, showing a slight improvement in his health, which has allowed him to welcome a visit from ...

Pope Francis' health update was issued by the Vatican, which says he slept well. Meanwhile, a list of potential successors ...

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

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.

Eleven days after the pope was hospitalized, speculation is mounting and prayers for his recovery verge on a vigil.

Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...

Pope Francis was in critical but stable condition Tuesday as he worked from the hospital while battling double pneumonia, and ...

Entrusting the pope "to the powerful intercession of most holy Mary," the cardinal said, "may she sustain him in this time of ...

Pope Francis met with the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Monday as he rested comfortably ...