Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...

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

His condition has sparked interest in how a new pope is elected, something heightened by the success of Oscar-nominated film ...

The churches' second oldest pope, Francis took on the role in 2013 after Pope Benedict XVI resigned due to age ... They are recognizable by their red vestments and they elect a new pope when ...

Since 2013, when Pope Benedict XVI resigned. He later died, in 2022 ... If he does so, he chooses a papal name and is dressed in papal vestments before proceeding to the balcony of St Peter's Basilica ...

Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...

The Pope appealed to St. Benedict for help "to hold firm Christ's central position in our lives. May he always be first in our thoughts and in all our activities!" Before concluding, Benedict XVI ...

Since 2013, when Pope Benedict XVI resigned. (He later died ... If he does so, he chooses a papal name and is dressed in papal vestments before proceeding to the balcony of St Peter's Basilica.

Benedict also visits the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp. November 28, 2006 – Arrives in Turkey for his first visit as pope. May 9, 2007 – Arrives in Brazil for a six-day visit ...