Concerns over Pope Francis' health have mounted in recent years as have questions about his succession. Here's what we know.
Pope Francis revealed during a 2022 interview that he signed a letter of resignation to be used in case of health issues ...
The pope was admitted to hospital on February 14 where he is fighting a complex respiratory infection and pneumonia in both ...
A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...
The Vatican has detailed laws and rituals to ensure the transfer of power when a pope dies or resigns, but not when he is ...
The pope looms so large in everyday Italian life that there are lots of expressions that make light of even a dark event like ...
Pope Francis has come down with a serious illness that could potentially force him to resign, but who would succeed him?