Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.

Renowned Korean War military chaplain and Kansas native Emil Joseph Kapaun was declared “venerable” by Pope Francis on ...

Canon law states that a pope can resign, but it stipulates that the papal resignation must be “made freely and properly ...

Pope Francis was well enough to meet with the Vatican secretary of state to approve new decrees for possible saints and make ...

Like his predecessors, Pope Francis was selected using an age-old method -- a system known as the Papal conclave.

A "silent genocide" — mimicking the Rwandan one of 1994 — is occurring in eastern Congo, said some Catholic Church sources, ...

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter’s Square to pray for an ailing Pope Francis, expressing sorrow for his suffering, ...

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The head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church told those gathered in Washington that his church will not survive if Russia ...

The Archdiocese of Denver is offering prayers during Pope Francis’ prolonged hospitalization with double pneumonia.

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis, hospitalized in critical condition with double pneumonia, was well enough to meet with the Vatican ...

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