The Vatican No. 2, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, is to lead the first prayer on Monday evening. Francis, who has double pneumonia ...

The Vatican on Monday announced the start of nighttime prayers for the health of Pope Francis in St. Peter's Square, and ...

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

Many who know him said that Francis, driven by a sense of mission and a discipline born of his early training, essentially ...

Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...

ROME and LONDON -- Pope Francis was "resting" on Monday morning after spending his 10th night in the hospital, the Vatican ...

Pope Francis woke up and was continuing his therapies Monday after a quiet night, on the 10th day of his hospitalization for ...

Over the past century, Catholic leaders have wrestled with how much to embrace new forms of communication technology.

Pope Francis is in a critical condition at Rome's Gemelli Hospital, raising concerns about the Vatican's leadership and the ...