The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...

Pope Francis on Sunday was flooded with get-well cards and hand-drawn greetings from schoolchildren in Rome as the Holy ...

Vatican says Pope Francis remains in critical condition and blood tests show early kidney failure but he remains alert and ...

After experiencing a major downturn in his condition Saturday that required high oxygen treatment and blood transfusions, ...

ROME — Pope Francis was in critical condition Saturday after he suffered a prolonged asthmatic respiratory crisis while being ...

As Pope Francis continued his treatment at Rome’s Gemelli hospital Sunday, he expressed gratitude to medical staff while ...

Pope Francis is suffering from "initial, mild kidney failure" in addition to the serious respiratory illness that has left ...

The Vatican described his condition as critical for the first time on Saturday, reporting that the 88-year-old Francis needed ...

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

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