Time-honored rituals, drafted and refined over centuries, allow for ritual mourning and provide order at a dramatic moment of ...

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

Pope Francis, head of the Roman Catholic Church, has held his title for 12 years. What to know about the Jesuit.

The Vatican described his condition as critical for the first time on Saturday, reporting that the 88-year-old Francis needed ...

Vatican says Pope Francis remains in critical condition and blood tests show early kidney failure but he remains alert and ...

Pope Francis, who has been in hospital for 10 days now, is critical with mild signs of kidney failure. There is growing ...

VATICAN CITY (Reuters) - Pope Francis is still critically ill as he battles double pneumonia and the onset of slight kidney ...

Pope Francis remained in critical condition and blood tests showed kidney insufficiency but, according to the Vatican, he ...

The Vatican have issued a new update on the condition of Pope Francis after he was admitted to hospital last week.

Pope Francis spends “a peaceful night” at Rome‘s Gemelli Hospital and has breakfast while sitting in an armchair on Thursday ...

Pope Francis, battling double pneumonia, remains in a critical condition for a second day running and has shown an “initial, slight insufficiency” in his kidney function, the Vatican said on Sunday.

Following the death of a pope, or in rare cases of resignation such as with Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican convenes a papal ...