COMMENTARY: However, vigils for popes, like the current one for Pope Francis, have been the exception, not the rule.

The faithful throughout the Diocese of Phoenix continue to join their brethren across the globe in praying for the recovery of Pope Francis from severe respiratory health problems. “We’re all praying, ...

After spending eleven days in the hospital, Pope Francis remains in critical, but stable condition as he fights a complex ...

By Antonia Mortensen, Christopher Lamb, Hira Humayun and Lauren Kent, CNN (CNN) — Pope Francis remains in “critical” but stable condition, Vatican ...

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

The Vatican says that Pope Francis remains in critical but stable condition. Vatican officials say that his blood parameters ...

Francis is continuing his therapy for bronchitis and pneumonia, but the Vatican provided no indication of when he might be ...

Pope Francis "rested well" throughout the Monday night as he continued to battle double pneumonia in hospital, the Vatican ...

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

The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI has demonstrated the process by which a pope might step down and be replaced.

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

Pope Francis’s “clinical condition remains critical but stable” and the “prognosis remains guarded,” the Vatican’s evening ...