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.

Pope Francis, who has been hospitalized for more than a week, had a peaceful night which “passed quietly” after suffering ...

The terse update comes as Pope Francis remains in critical condition following a respiratory crisis on Saturday that required ...

ROME — Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday following a respiratory crisis ...

The Vatican says Pope Francis is still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen after doctors earlier said that the ...

Egypt's Suez Canal Authority chairman Osama Rabei said on Sunday that 47 ships have been rerouted from Cape of Good Hope to ...

The update to Francis’s condition came Sunday in the written text of his regular Angelus prayer after he had been listed as ...

Vatican spokesman Matteo Bruni's one-line statement early Sunday didn't mention if Francis was out of bed or eating breakfast. "The night passed quietly, the pope rested." ...

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

The 88-year-old pontiff has been hospitalized for more than a week and was given oxygen and a blood transfusion on Saturday.