THE Pope is up and about after a good night, according to the Vatican, but cardinals now face the question – will Francis ...

Pope Francis’ complex respiratory infection isn't life-threatening but he's not out of danger, his medical team said Friday, ...

Thus, the second forgotten truth: The official teaching that “the Church has no authority whatsoever to confer priestly ...

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The method the Catholic Church uses to select their leader has remained virtually unchanged for the last 800 years ...

Francis, who lost part of a lung to a respiratory infection in his youth and has been plagued by ailing health recently, last ...

If the pontiff was to pass, a complicated weeks-long process begins to appoint a successor. Here, we break down what will ...

The process of electing a new pope follows rules and rituals that have been followed, and sometimes tweaked, since the 13th ...

THE Pope could resign if his health gets any worse, according to a cardinal, to become the second in a row to shrug off the ...

His condition has sparked interest in how a new pope is elected, something heightened by the success of Oscar-nominated film ...

Cardinals, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), are bishops and Vatican officials from all ...

The election of a new pope is a rigorous process involving a series of rituals that unfold in stages. First, there is the ...