Pope Francis on Monday received a visit from Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, and the Substitute for ...

Eleven days after the pope was hospitalized, speculation is mounting and prayers for his recovery verge on a vigil.

Pope Francis, hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, led a recitation of the rosary for Pope Francis on the 11th day of his ...

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.

Daily evening prayers will be held for Pope Francis at the Vatican's St. Peter's Square as he remains hospitalized in Rome, ...

The 88-year-old Francis has pneumonia in both lungs and remains in critical condition despite showing a slight improvement ...

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

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle will lead a rosary for Pope Francis' recovery at St.

Pope Francis continues treatment for pneumonia as Vatican launches nightly prayers, approves decrees for saints' canonization ...

Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...