The Vatican says that Pope Francis’ clinical condition is “improving slightly,” adding that he went about his work activities ...

Technically, any baptized Roman Catholic male can be elected pope, including archbishops from the United States, like ...

As a result, even though Pope Francis remains hospitalized in critical condition with a complex lung infection, he is still pope and very much in charge. The Vatican said Sunday that Francis rested ...

Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, also asked others to "continue your prayers for his recovery and for the health ...

Cardinal Farrell, Dallas' former bishop, oversees Vatican affairs as Camerlengo following Pope Francis' health crisis.

After Pope Francis was listed in critical condition following asthmatic respiratory crisis, the Archbishop of Chicago discussed his decline in health, urging continued prayers for the pontiff.

The announcement on Saturday evening indicated that Francis’ medical condition had become more complicated since an update ...

Who leads the Catholic Church when the Pope is sick? - Nothing has changed in his status, role or power since Francis was ...

The Vatican did not provide further details about the condition of the pope, who has been in the hospital for more than a week.

ROME — Pope Francis, in critical condition with a complex lung infection, rested well during a peaceful night following a ...

Pope Francis could resign if he came to have "serious difficulties carrying out his service", a cardinal has suggested as the pontiff marks a week in hospital. Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, however ...

Pope Francis' doctors believe the 88-year-old pontiff is not in danger of death at the moment, but that the therapy for his ...