COMMENTARY: However, vigils for popes, like the current one for Pope Francis, have been the exception, not the rule.

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

Some reports said top global religious figure, Pope Francis, has died. Amid the anxiety surrounding the Pope's health, ...

Upon the resignation or death of a pope, a group of clergy members known as the College of Cardinals would be called to ...

Pope Francis "rested well throughout the night" in the hospital, the Vatican says, and even met with Vatican officials to ...

PINE BELT, Miss. (WDAM) - Nearly twelve years into his tenure, Pope Francis remains hospitalized in critical condition. This event is on the minds of many Catholics near and far, despite the papacy’s ...

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

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with the Vatican ...

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

A man revered by millions as the “doctor of the poor” will be the first saint from Venezuela. Pope Francis approved a decree ...

"There have been no acute respiratory episodes and hemodynamic parameters continue to be stable. In the evening, he underwent a scheduled CT scan for radiological monitoring of the bilateral pneumonia ...

Pope Francis' condition remains critical but stable and he was able to do some work while still in the hospital with double ...