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

The changes Francis brought to the papacy were more than skin deep. He opened the church to the outside world in ways none of ...

Thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square on a chilly, rainy evening to pray for an ailing Pope Francis.

Pope Francis remains in critical condition but is stable and returned to work Tuesday evening, the Vatican announced.

Francis is continuing his therapy for bronchitis and pneumonia, but the Vatican provided no indication of when he might be ...

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

Pope Francis is always trying to expand the horizons of the church and engage everyone, Archbishop Jeffrey Grob said, ...

Pope Francis "rested well throughout the night" in the hospital, the Vatican says, and even met with Vatican officials to ...

A scholar of global Catholicism writes how Francis has opened the church to the outside world in ways no pope had done before ...

COMMENTARY: However, vigils for popes, like the current one for Pope Francis, have been the exception, not the rule.

Eleven days after the pope was hospitalized, speculation is mounting and prayers for his recovery verge on a vigil.

As Pope Francis remains in critical condition at Gemelli Hospital in Rome - still in charge of the Vatican and the worldwide ...