While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

The Catholic Church has entered a year of sweeping changes in the Roman Curia and cardinalate both at the Vatican and around ...

The 88-year-old pontiff, the leader of the worldwide Catholic Church since 2013, was hospitalised on February 14 with ...

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for 10 days now, is critical with mild signs of kidney failure. There is growing ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis is awake and in good spirits. It says his therapies are continuing after a quiet night. Monday ...