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

Some reports said top global religious figure, Pope Francis, has died. Amid the anxiety surrounding the Pope's health, ...

Pope Francis met with the Vatican's secretary of state, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, on Monday as he rested comfortably ...

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

Catholics across the world, and in Iowa, are praying for the recovery of Pope Francis. On Tuesday, the Vatican said he's in ...

The Vatican announced on Tuesday that Francis had appointed Archbishop Emilio Nappa and layman Giuseppe Puglisi-Alibrandi to ...

The Vatican on Monday said, “The critical clinical conditions of the Holy Father demonstrate a slight improvement. Even today ...

Sister Maximilian Marie Garretson with Bishop Reicher High School took a group last month to Rome, Italy to see and interact ...

The reason for the visit was announced today: The Holy Father authorized the decrees designating five persons as servants of ...

Pope Francis, who is in critical condition with double pneumonia, is alert and has met Vatican officials in hospital to ...

After 12 days in hospital, numerous blood transfusions, copious oxygen and the world’s prayers, Pope Francis appears to be ...

Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, led a recitation of the rosary for Pope Francis on the 11th day of his ...