Pope Francis’s battle with double pneumonia is the most serious health complication the pontiff has suffered from since ...

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

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The Vatican houses the central government of the Catholic Church and is also an independent city-state. The pope is both the ...

The Vatican has laws to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but they don't apply if he is sick.

The pope, 88, suffered two episodes of "acute respiratory failure" on Monday. ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis "slept all night" following Monday's medical intervention amid two episodes of "acute ...

Pope Francis experienced more respiratory problems and went on noninvasive ventilation on Monday, the Vatican said, as the ...

The 88-year-old, who had part of one lung removed as a young man, experienced two acute respiratory crises on Monday.

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition at Gemelli Hospital in Rome - still in charge of the Vatican and the worldwide ...

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