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

The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...

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

Leaders of the Roman Catholic Church have been chosen at the Vatican in private gatherings known as conclaves or precisely ...

As Pope Francis undergoes treatment for double pneumonia, many are looking ahead to the process of selecting his successor ...

What is a Conclave? Process to select a Pope explained as Francis undergoes hospital treatment - The method the Catholic ...

His age and prolonged illness has revived interest about how papal power is exercised in the Holy See, how it is transferred and under what circumstances.

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

Under Catholic canon law, the pope holds several key titles, including the successor of the Apostle Peter, the head of the ...

His condition has sparked interest in how a new pope is elected, something heightened by the success of the Oscar-nominated film Conclave, which starred British actor Ralph Fiennes as a cardinal ...

the Catholic Church elects a new pope through an election by cardinals who meet in a conclave Pope Francis remained hospitalized Wednesday, five days after he was admitted to Rome's Gemelli ...