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

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

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 ...

Canon law states that a pope can resign, but it stipulates that the papal resignation must be “made freely and properly ...

Pope Francis wants to convene a consistory, a meeting of cardinals at the Vatican. There would be nothing unusual about this, ...

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

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

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

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

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.