VATICAN CITY — A light drizzle finally let up as hundreds of faithful headed to St. Peter's Square to pray the rosary for ...

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

Italian actress Isabella Rossellini is "very worried" for Pope Francis amid his hospitalisation. Backstage at the Screen ...

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

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Catholic Diocese of Wichita announced on Monday that Father Emil Kapaun has been named “venerable.

ROME -- Pope Francis "rested well, all night long" in the hospital, Vatican officials said in a brief update on Tuesday morning. Francis, 88, has been hospitalized at Rome's Gemelli Hospital since Feb ...

Despite his hospital stay, Pope Francis remains in charge of the Catholic Church. But what if his health continues to decline ...

The 88-year-old was well enough to meet senior Vatican colleagues in hospital despite still being in critical condition with ...

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

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

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