Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.
Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.
The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.
Pope Francis was in critical but stable condition Tuesday as he worked from the hospital while battling double pneumonia, and ...
Despite his hospital stay, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church. But what if his health continues to decline ...
The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...
The Vatican says Pope Francis, who is hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with ...
Canon law states that a pope can resign, but it stipulates that the papal resignation must be “made freely and properly ...
The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...