The Vatican has not announced Pope Francis is resigning, contrary to online claims. Further, his successor would be elected ...

A secret meeting, and echoes of Benedict’s exit, have heightened talk that Francis could resign, too. But the possibility is ...

Pope Francis revealed during a 2022 interview that he signed a letter of resignation to be used in case of health issues ...

On Thursday, some of Francis' cardinals began responding to the obvious question circulating: whether Francis might resign if ...

A special meeting of Cardinals has reportedly been scheduled, though the Vatican denies that it is linked to any announcement ...

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

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

And the postulator of St. John Paul II's sainthood cause, Msgr. Slawomir Oder, in 2010 published the letters Pope John Paul ...

Pope Francis has come down with a serious illness that could potentially force him to resign, but who would succeed him?

Such questions would have been unheard of prior to 2013, when Pope Benedict XVI resigned, becoming the first papal resignation in over 600 years. Francis revealed during the 2022 interview that he ...