Pope Francis remains hospitalized with a severe lung infection, but while clear procedures exist for the resignation or death of a pope, no specific laws define how leadership is handled if the leader of the Catholic Church is unconscious or unable to govern.

Members of London's Catholic community say they're praying in solidarity for Pope Francis as the 88-year-old pontiff remains in critical condition on Sunday.

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Vatican officials said that Pope Francis had developed pneumonia in both lungs, further complicating the pontiff’s recovery

As the pope enters his second week in a Rome hospital with a lung infection, his physicians said his condition was critical but not immediately life-threatening.

The Vatican was "utterly let down" by an Italian financier over the Catholic Church's botched investment in a high-end London property, a judge ruled on Friday following a trial at which a senior aide to Pope Francis gave evidence.

With the Pope being diagnosed with a polymicrobial infection and pneumonia, we look at the conditions and what they mean for his health