Pope Francis has come down with a serious illness that could potentially force him to resign, but who would succeed him?

Previous Vatican updates indicated that the 88-year-old pontiff has been able to receive the Eucharist, rest, read, and work.

When Jessica Cox, a Catholic motivational speaker born without arms, took to the stage to kick off the Religious Education ...

Frassati, born in 1901 in Turin, Italy, died at the young age of 24, after contracting polio, 100 years ago this July. A ...

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

Pope Francis’s health conditions are worsening as the pontiff remains in hospital indefinitely being treated for pneumonia in ...

1106. "Together with the anamnesis, the epiclesis is at the heart of each sacramental celebration, most especially of the Eucharist: You ask how the bread becomes the Body of Christ, and the wine ...

Pope Francis’ condition is “slightly improving” and he continues to have no fever, the Vatican said on Thursday evening, ...

Pope Francis, 88, continues to remain in hospital after he developed pneumonia in both of his lungs over the weekend.

Sister Raffaella Petrini, a Franciscan Sister of the Eucharist, was officially appointed by Pope Francis as head of the ...

As Pope Francis, the oldest pope in over a century, continues to decline in health, speculation is percolating as to who will ...

On the occasion of his 60th anniversary as a priest, Archbishop Ramón Benito de la Rosa shares 10 pieces of advice for all ...