While the Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, they do not ...

ROME – Pope Francis rested during a peaceful night following a respiratory crisis and blood transfusions, the Vatican said ...

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Rome – Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday and blood tests showed early kidney failure but he remains alert, ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition Sunday and blood tests show early kidney failure but he remains alert and ''well-oriented,'' and attended Mass, the Vatican said, as the 88-year-old pontiff ...

More clinical tests were being performed on the 88-year-old pope, who had part of one lung removed as a young man.

Pope Francis was conscious but still receiving high flows of supplemental oxygen Sunday following a respiratory crisis and ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition on Sunday and blood tests show early kidney failure but he remains alert, the ...