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 Catholic community is united in prayer as Pope Francis remains in critical condition following a respiratory crisis.

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

The Feast of the Chair of St. Peter isn’t about furniture—it’s about the foundation of papal teaching and authority.

On Thursday morning, the Holy See Press Office informed journalists ... have also united with the Catholic Church in prayer, Orthodox Times reported. To date, the Vatican has not indicated ...

The Holy See has only confirmed canceled appointments through Monday. Francis was supposed to have gone to Rome's Cinecitta film studios to meet with artists as part of the Catholic Church's Holy ...

1213 Holy Baptism is the basis of the whole Christian life, the gateway to life in the Spirit (vitae spiritualis ianua) , 4 and the door which gives access to the other sacraments. Through Baptism ...

The church, at 345 Seventh St. on the city's West Side, had been slated to close after talks about parish mergers last summer ...

According to the Vatican, Pope Francis is in critical condition after experiencing a respiratory crisis and needing high-flow ...

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

Holy Cross Church on Buffalo's West Side evades closure following a counterproposal granting it remain open from the Diocese ...