As Pope Francis has battled double pneumonia in hospital for nearly three weeks, talk of the 88-year-old pontiff's death or ...

This afternoon, the French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline of Marseilles, 66, told a Vatican press conference, “I am not a doctor, but the most recent information is encouraging.” But, he said ...

He described the pope’s condition as complex but not critical. Similarly, French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline did not rule out the possibility of the pope resigning, citing speculation that ...

In its latest update, the Vatican reported that the 88-year-old pope, who has chronic lung disease and had part of one lung removed in his youth, had no further respiratory episodes after a day spent ...

On Ash Wednesday, observant Catholics receive a sign of the cross in ashes on their foreheads, a gesture that underscores human mortality. It is an obligatory day of fasting and abstinence for ...

But French Cardinal Jean-Marc Aveline, who is tipped to be one of the contenders to replace Francis, said at a press conference that "everything is possible." Despite growing fears about his ...

Italian Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, a retired prelate not known as close to the pope, suggested in a February 20 radio interview that Francis might renounce the papacy. French Cardinal Jean-Marc ...

Italian Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, a retired prelate not known as close to the pope, suggested in a February 20 radio interview that Francis might renounce the papacy. French Cardinal Jean-Marc ...

Italian Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, a retired prelate not known as close to the pope, suggested in a Feb 20 radio interview that Francis might renounce the papacy. French Cardinal Jean-Marc ...